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RITES OF UNCOVERING finds Baltimore, Maryland, trio Arbouretum eschewing the rigid structures of traditional folk and blues, but unearthing the droning soul at the root of the forms. The extraordinarily talented singer-songwriter Dave Heumann fronts the band with a voice that echoes both Skip Spence and Will Oldham and guitar chops that imagine Richard Thompson and Tony Iommi as being cut from the same cloth. This is a spectacular, impressive debut.
Audio Mixer: John McEntire.
Recording information: Magic Shop (2005); Rove Studios (2005); SOMA Studios (2005); Two East Audio (2005).
Arbouretum: David Heumann, Walker Teret (various instruments).
Personnel: David Heumann (vocals, guitar); Walker David Teret (guitar); Melanie Moser (background vocals).
Q (p.98) - "[H]is emotionally wrought songs cover the gamut of life's big themes...and he intones them in a voice so full of foreboding it might give Nick Cave goosebumps."
Uncut (p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This wonderful record already feels like a cult classic."
Magnet (p.90) - "Arbouretum shares Oldham's vintage, creaky-voiced aesthetic but adds explosive guitar workouts that make it seem like Crazy Horse is coloring the margins." Rites Of Uncovering Music Arbouretum Rites Of Uncovering Songs Rites Of Uncovering Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   Excellent
This is a great album from start to finish and an excellent follow-up to Long Live The Well-Doer. Arbouretum is a great band and anyone who enjoys any genre of rock should definitely give them a listen. Rites Of Uncovering is intensely mellow in places and the frequently haunting guitars and vocals give me chills. The album is straight forward rock as it should be. If you don't listen to Arbouretum yet you should start.
Submitted by watson387 (Butler, PA, USA) 
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 ARBOURETUM: Rites of Uncovering CD (Thrill Jockey)
Arbouretum is a project led by Dave Heumann (Anomoanon, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and so on) and “Rites Of Uncovering” is their second full-length release. The material on this release incorporates a diverse range of influences to create eight interesting, but complex, tracks that are not open to quick and easy assimilation nor description. The material is pretty evenly divided between dark, folkish rock and slow, dense rockers. Highlights include the album’s two heaviest pieces, “Pale Rider Blues” and “The Rise” (which both feature excellent and lengthy twin guitar workouts), “Sleep Of Shiloam” (on which Heumann almost sounds like he’s channelling Tom Verlaine during the solo), and my favorite of the quieter tracks, “Mohammed's Hex And Bounty”. Not immediately accessible nor uniformly excellent, but after taking the time to fully absorb the sounds contained within, I found this to be a pretty interesting and solid effort.
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