Cars & Trains

Add Date: January 26

Artist: Cars & Trains

Album: The Roots, The Leaves

Label: Fake Four Inc.

Genre: Folk, Rock, Electronica

Comments: Cars & Trains seems to be a powerful one-man act. Tom Filepp, a multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon has written and recorded his sophomore album, The Roots, The Laves, that has a comfortably experimental sound to things. From the promoter: "Tom deftly mixes out out-of-the-box electronics and found sounds seamlessly with a myriad of instruments, woodwinds, banjos, acoutsitc guitars, strings and glockenspiel, walking a blurry line tha makes one wonder where exactly the uncommonly organic drum programming ends and the instruments and luchly layered found sounds being." I couldn't describe the album's sound better. For you electronica lovers out there, check out this album to see how great the "uncommonly organic drum programming" sound mixed in with some solid folk songs. For you folk lovers (I use the term "folk" loosely), check out this successful attempt at blending two genres while still holding on to balanced and well-rounded songs. Filepp's voice is mellow and relaxing, his melodies are are equally as meditative. Start with 2, 3, and 5.