langhorne slim megapost

god langhorne slim is so fucking awesome.

"Langhorne Slim is a young folk singer, born Sean Scolnick on August 20, 1980, based out of Brooklyn, New York. Originally hailing from Langhorne, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, part of the SUNY system.

He began to gain public notice through several years of touring with the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and an appearance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. His song Electric Love Letter was recently number 5 on the Rolling Stone editor's top ten picks. The song was also in the movie Waitress. He has recently been seen on tours with Cake, The Avett Brothers, Murder By Death, Jeffrey Lewis, The Violent Femmes, Lucero, and Rocky Votolato." - wikipedia, because i hate writing biographies

anyway, he's fuckin sweet. while wikipedia calls him a "folk singer", i'd say he's a bit more complicated. he's more like a country-bluegrass-folk hybrid, with flashes of the good ol' blues and even some slight indie pop elements on very small occasions. the influence of the old timer's music is very, very obvious here, but it doesn't go without his modern alt-country twist. his voice is pretty unique, like if bob dylan was a mouse (that sounded bad.. but trust me, he sounds awesome). also, he plays banjo in the style of pete seeger on many of the tracks which i am a complete sucker for. oh yeah, i almost forgot the stand-up bass. fuckin sweeeeeeet.

what i've uploaded here is everything i have, which to my knowledge is everything he's released. his first album, the independently released slim picken's (2004) was recorded in his friend's apartments, and therefore has a much more raw sound, overall. this record also has more straight-forward blues and old time country elements, there's even some static to the point where it sounds like it was recorded in the 1930's. but that doesn't speak for all of the tracks. my favourite slim song of all time, "feather bed", is on this record, which, as you can hear, is in decent audio quality. then, in 2005, when the sun's gone down was released on narnack records, and therefore has a much more clean-cut sound, and a bit more poppy and modern folky (blasted record companies). here, he becomes more of an avett brothers (except better), while before, on slim picken's, he was the spastic child of bill monroe. you decide which one you'd prefer, though i love them both. eventually, once him and his band (the war eagles) get signed to another record label, they should be giving us all another record to enjoy, which is fucking sweet. apparently, the new album is coming out on april 29th of this year. fuck yes. so start digging him now, because, in slim's words, they're going to become "the biggest thing ever... to come out of langhorne, pennsylvania".

here's an interesting interview with him including some sexy pictures that i would've posted here if they didn't have quotes on them.

"official" langhorne slim flickr photo pool. check it out, it's pretty cool.

slim pickens (2004)
1. Feather Bed
2. Counting Fireflies
3. Flesh Tomb Blues
4. Canned Heat
5. Ammunition is for Disbelievers
6. Intro
7. I Will
8. Without A Warning
9. Gonna Get My Gun
10. Gallis Pole
11. Kansas City Blues
12. Bull Cow Blues
13. Fruit Camp (Ode to Snoopy)
14. Natural Selection Blues
get it here (55mb, mp3)





langhorne slim w/ charles butler (2004)
1. Set Em Up, Knock Em Down
2. Drowning
3. She Got That Ass
4. Faces All Blast Off
5. Ammunition is for Disbelievers
6. Baby Blue Seville
7. I Will
8. Baby in the Air
9. Counting Fireflies (live)
10. Red Rose (live)
11. Pennsylvania Blues (live)
get it here (40.1mb, mp3)

the electric love letter ep (2004)
1. My Future
2. Lord
3. One Sunday Morning
4. Loretta Lee Jones (Live)
5. The Electric Love Letter (Live)
6. (untitled) (Live)
get it here (37.7mb, mp3)

when the sun's gone down (2005)
1. In the Midnight
2. Set 'Em Up
3. Mary
4. Sisterhood
5. The Electric Love Letter
6. And If It's True
7. Hanshaw Shuffle (Drunken Horse)
8. Drowning
9. I Ain't Proud
10. Loretta Lee Jones
11. By the Time the Sun's Gone Down
12. Hope and Fulfillment
13. I Will
14. Checking Out
15. I Love to Dance
get it here (33.6mb, m4a)

engine ep (2006)
1. English Tea
2. Restless
3. Honey Pie
4. Sweet Olive Tree
get it here (12.5mb, mp3)

and here's an extra track i just found from when the sun's gone down: she don't want