A smooth sort of 'Corduroy'
Special correspondent Emily Ngo was out and about last night. Here's what she saw:
I came across a great band completely by chance last night at 169 Bar on the Lower East Side.
Corduroy Days hails from Brooklyn. They harmonize quite well; I haven’t heard men and women’s voices blend that smoothly in a while. (But then again, I’m usually all about the solo artists.) Corduroy Days has a sensitive sound, slow in the right places and quirky when it needs to be. Romantic and folky, it seems inspired by early Bob Dylan or Woody Guthrie.
I liked “Donor” for its original lyrics. The band definitely isn’t afraid to try out the repetition, parallelism route. (“ ’Cause every part of you is such a part of me is such a part of you.”) “Walk Away” also won me over, but you have to put up with the first couple seconds of weird howling.
Props to the super, super energetic bass player. Their album is called “Lose the Map;” you’ll like it.
Emily Ngo, www.amNY.com
