Fearful Bones
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Fearful Bones is the debut album of The Courage, formerly known as "Noah Gundersen & the Courage". The album was recorded in a barn in Sisters, Oregon
by Matt Lee, who mixed and produced the album, in the summer of 2010. It was released at the band's performance in the Crocodile Cafe in Oregon that September which started their promotional tour of the West Coast.
Fearful Bones is seen as a turning point in the history of The Courage: although it is the band's first album under their current moniker, the group has been playing as a back-up band for Noah Gundersen since 2007, who leads the group as the singer-songwriter
. Noah dropped his name from the title after deciding to have the entire band more incorporated in the music and move away from more folk
-oriented music, saying, "I love the sound of a band more than a solo performer. You can only have so many options as a solo performer and I’m not a big fan of loop pedals,” Since then, each member has played a more significant role in songwriting.
Sisters, Oregon
Sisters is a city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 959 at the 2000 census, but more than doubled to 2038 as of the 2010 census.- History :...
by Matt Lee, who mixed and produced the album, in the summer of 2010. It was released at the band's performance in the Crocodile Cafe in Oregon that September which started their promotional tour of the West Coast.
Fearful Bones is seen as a turning point in the history of The Courage: although it is the band's first album under their current moniker, the group has been playing as a back-up band for Noah Gundersen since 2007, who leads the group as the singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. Noah dropped his name from the title after deciding to have the entire band more incorporated in the music and move away from more folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
-oriented music, saying, "I love the sound of a band more than a solo performer. You can only have so many options as a solo performer and I’m not a big fan of loop pedals,” Since then, each member has played a more significant role in songwriting.
Track listing
- The song "Moles" was initially released on Noah Gundersen's MySpace on December 10. The band performed a show at The Triple DoorThe Triple DoorThe Triple Door is a diner and venue founded in the fall of 2003, located at 216 Union Street in Seattle, Washington. The building often hosts concerts for folk, indie, and World music groups...
at the end of the month, selling the song as a single. - "Frequency" was streamed for free on the band's official website weeks before the album's release.
Personnel
- Noah Gundersen - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
/vocals - Abby Gundersen - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
/vocals - Travis Ehrentrom - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Ivan Gunderson - drums
- Matt Lee - production/mixing