2007, A Hidden Agenda
The Sound They Make is the debut album from East Central Illinois duo New Ruins, file under: Small Town Midwestern Gothic. Droney acoustic/electric rock, songs rendered in sepia-tone, awash in rural melancholy, folksy guitar-mantras tinted with martial snares and cooing organs. New Ruins architects Elzie Sexton and J.Caleb have been making music together for a decade and there is an intimacy between the two here that rivals friendship and brotherhood. Compared to: Ugly Casanova, Iron & Wine, Talk Talk, Mojave 3, Silver Jews, and John Fahey.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Ships |
| 2 | Nameless |
| 3 | Flowers |
| 4 | Book Lung |
| 5 | Records |
| 6 | I'll Sleep in Your House |
| 7 | Monuments |
| 8 | Attic |
| 9 | Outside |
| 10 | Scribble |
| 11 | Run Up the Walls |
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