Published:
September 27, 2015
Before Bing & Ruth’s halcyonic opus Tomorrow Was the Golden Age, there was City Lake. Initially pressed in an unusually limited edition five years ago, the ensemble’s stunning full-length debut is now released in refined and expanded form by the Brooklyn record label RVNG Intl.
With bonus tracks and new, visceral mastering, the album gleams all the more and signals a spree of live performances this fall revisiting the material. The ensemble working on this album was made up of 11 members playing across clarinet, cello, bass guitar, lap-steel guitar, percussion and piano, all under the watchful eye of leader David Moore.
Outside of Bing & Ruth, Moore is also a multi-faceted composer, scoring under his own name and for old-time fiddle groups, which he describes as “drone-based with a lessened concern for perfect intonation.” These ventures illustrate Moore’s unpretentious devotion to various musical traditions, yet Bing & Ruth remains Moore’s principal project, where form ventures even further beyond recognition.
Listen to “Rails”, the first single from City Lake, on the right.
Tracklist:
01. Broad Channel
02. Put Your Weight Into It
03. And Then it Rained
04. Rails
05. City Lake / Tu Sei Uwe
06. Broad Channel / A Little Line in a Round Face
07. Here’s What You’re Missin
08. You’re Gonna Need That When He’s Gone (Bonus Track)
09. In This Ruined House (Bonus Track)
10. Broad Channel (Solo Piano) (Bonus Track)