DUTCHESS & THE DUKE

* Debut long player for garage folk duo Duchess & the Duke on Sub Pop's sister imprint Hardly Art. Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz bring forth a poetic experiment that blurs the lines between American folk and pop music of yesteryear and today.
* Compared to "Between the Buttons"-era Rolling Stones, Dylan and Leonard Cohen, from the dark gypsy swagger of "The Prisoner" to the lilting harmonies on "Out of Time," each song touts magnetic guitar lines and vocals so straightforward that they belie all other intricacies.
* Making these sounds together was a completely new game to these two kids. There is nowhere to hide in their songs. No squawking feedback. No drunken haze. No broken, drool-filled microphones. Simple and striking harmonies unlike nothing else this duo had previously ventured towards. These songs and the way they are played are completely vulnerable, uncertain, real and terrifying.

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