Saints & Liars is the second EP by Noah Gundersen. The name of the EP comes from the track, "Middle of June", in the line "All the saints and the liars sitting by the fire/ what will happen to us now?"
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| Released | October 9, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Seattle, Washington | |||
| Genre | Acoustic, indie folk | |||
| Length | 25:01 | |||
| Label | Independent | |||
| Producer | Karli Fairbanks | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Seattle Weekly | not rated[1] |
It was recorded in the fall of 2009 with Karli Fairbanks. Several of the songs including "Caroline", "Middle of June", and "Oh, Death" appeared on Noah Gundersen's Myspace as early as September, but the album was released on October 9, 2009. The Courage held a release show the night that Saints & Liars came out to an overcrowded audience at The Q Cafe. Paige Richmond, a journalist for Seattle Weekly wrote a review three days later regarding the performance in a blog titled "Live review: Noah Gundersen Brings Q Cafe Crowd to Its Feet" praising the performance as well as the band's unity.[2]
After the release of the album, the Courage became more dormant as Abby pursued her college career[3] and the majority of the band's shows were performed Noah, Ivan Gunderson, and Travis Ehrentrom in Washington. The song, "Middle of June" appears on the television series One Tree Hill in the episode, "At the Bottom of Everything".[4][5]
Track listing
edit- "Ring A Bell" – 5:17
- "Caroline" – 3:37
- "Oh Death" – 5:03
- "The Ocean" – 4:09
- "Jesus, Jesus" – 3:42
- "Middle Of June" – 4:03
- Track 3 "Oh Death" begins with a quote of Camille Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor on solo violin.
Personnel
edit- Noah Gundersen – vocals/guitar
- Abby Gundersen – violin/string composition
- Karli Fairbanks – production
- Daniel Mendez – mixing
References
edit- ^ Album review Archived 2010-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Concert review Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Clintons ham it up; Noah Gundersen sets precedent – Pen & Paige". Penandpaige.com. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
- ^ Default. "One Tree Hill Music". www.oth-music.com. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
- ^ "One Tree Hill Music: "The Last Day of Our Acquaintance"". TV Fanatic. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2012-03-08.