专辑简介

Recorded at Sam's house and at the Magic Closet in Sellwood (Portland, OR). Produced by Sebastian Rogers, and Engineered by Ian Watts. Drums battered by Brady Swan, violin bowed by Laura Kucera, and female vocals voiced by Lisa Adams. Sam would like to thank Pretty All Right Records, Dan Dixon, the Grant Park HC, Imago Dei, and his entire family - Mom, Dad, and Liz.

"It might have caused some mix-ups in recent years (City Club members showing up at night clubs, etc.), but really, local singer-songwriter Sam Adams sharing a name with Portland’s mayor can only help the musician stand out from the pack. Not that Adams needs the name to distinguish himself; his ambitious avant-rock does that perfectly well. On this summer’s Draw This Bitter Blood EP, Adams uses an expansive instrumental palette and digital textures to raise what might have been standard-issue boy-meets-guitar songs to inspired, even experimental, compositions. And if the arrangements don’t set him apart, Adams’ dynamic, haunting voice (think Radiohead’s Thom Yorke) certainly will."

Jonathan Frochtzwajg (Willamette Week Vol. 38/04)