The Hippodrome

I Am Weary Download

After a week like the one I just dealt with, listening to Alison and The Mings is a welcome auditory experience. Thanks to a lovely previous band of mine that I can’t disclose due to my personal pact of Hippodrome non-self promotion, I’m a sucker for banjo-folk, and ATM satisfy that craving better than any I’ve heard in a long time.

ATM are from Edinburgh, Scotland, and play a sincere and beautiful brand of acoustic folk music. Alison Stephen is accompanied by David Ayre, Josiah Lockhart, Colin MacArthur, and Tom Merrit-Smith. I’m not quite sure if all of their EP, Bad Biro Drawings EP, is available on their Myspace, but two other songs besides “I Am Weary” are available there as well. There’s something so meditative and human about “I Am Weary” — from the occasionally misplaced banjo strum to the repetitive, soothing vocals, this is Bob Dylan meets Bonnie “Prince” Billy.

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