SCATTERED TREES

Sympathy

2011-05-24

Growing up together in Chicago, the members of Scattered Trees have been in and out of various bands at various times. At one point, with all the members being drawn to different projects, it looked like they would go their separate ways. But tragedy struck with the death of lead singer, Nate Eiesland’s father. Inspired to write, and with his friends to help self-produce the album, Sympathy came to be. Sympathy is an album of quiet, multi-voice harmonies backed by well-produced, even lush instrumentation. The songs are full of melancholy and often end with a big crescendo of instruments and voice. All in all this is crushing stuff. Rebecca Ruth

Quick Links:

More reviews tagged #Rock

  • reviewed 04/2009

    DAN HICKS AND THE HOT LICKS
    TANGLED TALES

  • reviewed 07/2014

    GOT A GIRL
    I love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now

  • reviewed 09/2015

    Supersuckers
    Holdin' The Bag

  • reviewed 07/2009

    WILLIE NILE
    HOUSE OF A THOUSAND GUITARS

  • reviewed 01/2005

    The Dears
    No Cites Left

  • reviewed 06/2010

    ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO
    STREET SONGS OF LOVE

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.