30-01-2018, 21:04
Mark Eitzel was born on this day in 1959, in Walnut Creek, California. From a military family, he was raised all over the globe - Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. Returning to the USA in 1979, he formed the band American Music Club (1982) which released a number of albums and disbanded in 1994, temporarily reforming in 2003. In the meantime, he’d taken up a solo career as well, sometimes collaborating with other artists, notably Peter Buck of R.E.M.
I know nothing of his music, or of AMC other than his most recent album, Hey Mr Ferryman, which I listened to a couple of months ago because ferrymen seemed to be popping up at the time! I quite liked the album which has the tag of indie rock/sadcore and which to my ears is melancholy but not miserable – also not foolish. Not hugely high profile, his albums certainly seem to have garnered respect and I may need to dip into his catalogue at some point – no idea when – time is fleeting!
A track from Hey Mr Ferryman –
I know nothing of his music, or of AMC other than his most recent album, Hey Mr Ferryman, which I listened to a couple of months ago because ferrymen seemed to be popping up at the time! I quite liked the album which has the tag of indie rock/sadcore and which to my ears is melancholy but not miserable – also not foolish. Not hugely high profile, his albums certainly seem to have garnered respect and I may need to dip into his catalogue at some point – no idea when – time is fleeting!
A track from Hey Mr Ferryman –
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