A Fine Frenzy
The Minnow & The TroutOne Cell in the Sea 2007 via Virgin Records
From the Felice Bros...Features the folks from Mumford & Sons
w/ Annie Clark
Earnest Ranglin
This lighthearted feel rises not so much from the lyrics as it does from the mandolin, piano, and pedal steel woven into songs that deal with death, regret, and torturous mental pain. The album's title track is a tribute to the bygone days of being a teenager. "Them teenage boys are so happy to live they start screaming, outside my window like hounds in the orange summer moon/And at times I forget all my sins and remember that feeling/I forget the sad day when the bride did away with the groom."
Many Roomful of Blues alumni, such as Duke Robillard and Al Copley contribute. It doesn't rock any harder than this.