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Scattered Trees new album, Sympathy

No matter what your opinions are on Dracula or Twilight, today’s vampire craze hits a metaphysical nerve. In a society of joblessness and bankruptcy, we feel prayed upon and betrayed by Wall Street and the corporate Capone’s who wooed us with the glitz and glam of pre-recession pop culture.

Rattled but hopeful, our modernity is on a search for tangible life in a world framed by death, smoke and mirrors. This feeling strikes home in the ten songs that make up the new album from Scattered Trees, Sympathy.

The lifeblood of these Chicago natives lies in their lyrical ringleader Nate Eiesland. In this hymn-like sophomore album, Sympathy, the band seems to have found their secret chord. After a long hiatus, the band returns with a hallowed, resonant sound and a barebones intimacy that rivals the XX and Pixies. No sugar added.

Nate Eiesland lost his father to an unexpected heart attack last winter. By chiseling his grief, disbelief, and religious disillusionment into ten haunting indie pop music songs, a cold but inviting album emerges that seems to both resent and belong to the cathedral.

Although not perfect for everyone (the devout melancholy and long-winded stamina of the album may cause the zesty ear to wander), Sympathy injects an unadulterated, rebellious energy to the already unique Scattered Trees sound.

Scattered Trees are releasing the album free for one month.

Download Scattered Trees’s Sympathy
For more information, visit the Scattered Trees Myspace page