press quotes:

“The Night's Bloom should place the band alongside Iron & Wine
and Calexico as the best of bewildering and beautiful Americana.”

– Pitchfork

"Pinetop Seven will probably never be used as an adjective to
describe another band, because it seems impossible that another
artist or group could approximate this sound.”

– Pop Matters

"Rich with the beauty of daunting vast spaces and
intimate close details, both timeless and utterly
modern."

– NPR

"A striking work of mournful elegance and cinematic
beauty."

– CMJ

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Pinetop Seven began in 1996 as a loose collective of young Chicago
musicians interested in re-working the notion of popular American music,
co-opting elements from diverse musical traditions (Tango, Funeral
Dirges, 20th Century Classical, Eastern European, Asian Gamelan) and
blending them with American Folk and Country-Blues. Over the group's
9 year / 6 album history, twenty-three men and women have contributed
to the records or participated as touring members, among them past or
present members of Bright Eyes, Wilco, the Boxhead Ensemble, and Rilo
Kiley. Despite the ever-changing cast, the mission statement remains
unchanged, and anchored by songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer
Darren Richard, Pinetop Seven continues to quietly assemble compelling
collages of sounds and words, mini-epics of storytelling, and snapshots of
an America that Norman Rockwell would never recognize.

Beneath Confederate Lake is a collection of previously unreleased
material, primarily taken from the sessions that produced 2005's widely
celebrated album The Night's Bloom. The collection also includes pieces
recorded for the independent film Numinmata, a cover of Tom T. Hall's
"The Promise and the Dream", and a few miscellaneous tracks from the
group's early years.

track listing:

{01} High On A Summer's Tree

{02} The Western Ash

{03} Two Dead Men In A Vermont Graveyard

{04} Lewis & Clark, Pt. 1

{05} Canteen

{06} Hurry Home Dark Cloud (Alternate Mix)

{07} The Promise And The Dream

{08} Fadograph Of A Yestern Scene

{09} Afterthought

{10} Beneath Confederate Lake

{11} Lewis & Clark, Pt. 2

{12} Downstate

selling points:

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Pinetop Seven has headlined across North

America and Europe and also toured in support
of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Calexico,
Stephen Malkmus, Will Oldham, and others.

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Pinetop Seven's lyrics have been quoted in the

last three best-selling novels by Irish writer, John
Connolly, and their work has been commissioned
by The Sundance Film Festival.

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Pinetop Seven’s previous albums have been

praised by Mojo, NPR, The Wire, Uncut,
Pitchfork, and Magnet, among others.

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Beneath Confederate Lake is a collection of

previously unreleased material from 1997 to
2005, primarily taken from the sessions that
produced 2005's widely celebrated album The
Night's Bloom.

a l s o a va i l a b l e :
“ T h e N i g h t ’ s B l o o m ”
S K Y 0 1 1 C D / 2 x L P

P I N E T O P S E V E N

BENEATH CONFEDERATE LAKE