Little Hours

VINYL FORMAT + CD. In Richmond, VA, there's a small yellow cottage and an austere replica of a mid-19th Century white Federal period house. The members of Spokane built the structure while recording "Little Hours", their first new album in four years. The record is both a document of and an aural parallel to that difficult, meticulous process. It's the patient sheen of stillness after a short, violent burst of intention. The lingering, resonant decay of a nail being hammered into wood. A piano laden marriage of small hopes and quiet violence. Packaged in a vinyl sleeve with both record and CD inside, 50 of which are handmade and numbered. It features the core ensemble of 2003's "Measurement" along with contributions from members of Brooklyn's orchestral, minimalist band Gregor Samsa.