Tiny Mix Tapes: The Builders & The Butchers

Once again, I am proud to say I have had another article published on Tiny Mix Tapes. After a bit of an absence (I could lie and say I was busy, but I was lazy) I got to review Portland’s own The Builders & The Butchers. It was a great show, and I’m super jealous of everybody at UAF who will get to see them at the end of the month. Plus, many thanks to Ryan Sollee for talking to me before the show. Below is one paragraph from the article, you are just going to have to head over to Tiny Mix Tapes to read the rest of it.

Frontman Ryan Sollee has a John Darnielle-sque quality to him, in that each lyric belongs to a story of a distant place and time, but he still seems pained to sing them. His face contorts, as if the sweat dripping from his forehead is burning his eyes. His feet stomp, guitar slung high across his chest; Sollee is a man possessed, . The entire band is possessed; the audience is possessed. Sollee’s like a caricature of Leadbelly crossed with Bon Jovi. One second he is intently focused on the microphone in front of him, aching to get the words out, and the next guitars become axes and are being held high against one another for dramatic effect.

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