The Sound the Hare Heard is a 2006 compilation of mostly acoustic arrangements by a number of 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...

s, both well-known and relatively obscure. Kill Rock Stars

Kill Rock Stars

Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, making it difficult to pigeonhole as having any one artistic mission...

 founder Slim Moon

Slim Moon

Slim Moon is the founder of the independent music label, Kill Rock Stars. He also started its sister label, 5 Rue Christine...

 was the driving force behind the album, but not all of the artists on the album are signed by Kill Rock Stars; rather, the uniting factor of the compilation is the singer-songwriter status of each artist and various connecting themes between the songs.

Track listing

1. "When the Angels Lift Our Eyelids in the Morning" by Devin Davis
   Devin Davis
   Devin Davis is a Chicago based American indie musician. Growing up in Clinton, Iowa, he started playing music when he was five years old; from the piano to the saxophone and guitar, Devin tried his hand at numerous musical styles, soon graduating to first a drumming role in a Marching Band, and...
   
    -- 3:22
2. "Cast a Hook in Me" by Laura Veirs
   Laura Veirs
   Laura Pauline Veirs is an American singer-songwriter.Veirs was raised in Colorado, studied geology and Mandarin Chinese at Carleton College, worked as a translator for a geological expedition in China, and now lives in Portland, Oregon.While growing up, she heard folk-country, classical, and pop...
   
    -- 3:28
3. "Adlai Stevenson" by Sufjan Stevens
   Sufjan Stevens
   Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
   
    -- 1:53
4. "Feet Asleep" by Thao Nguyen -- 4:24
5. "Bones for Doctor Swah" by Wooden Wand
   Wooden Wand
   Wooden Wand is one moniker of singer-songwriter James Jackson Toth, who has recorded under his given name as well as the name WAND. Having over 100 releases from proper albums to handmade CDRs to limited-edition vinyl, Toth is by all accounts an astoundingly prolific artist...
   
    -- 2:05
6. "Dancers All" by Death Vessel
   Death Vessel
   Death Vessel is a neo-traditional folk band from Rhode Island, signed to Sub Pop and ATP Recordings, and headed by Joel Thibodeau. Their first album, Stay Close was released on North East Indie in 2005 to critical acclaim.-Biography:...
   
    -- 3:25
7. "Why" by Essie Jain
   Essie Jain
   Essie Jain is an English indie singer-songwriter born and raised in London, who is now based out of New York City.-Biography:Her first published work was a single track, "Why", on the album The Sound the Hare Heard, which contains a single track each from a large number of artists including Sufjan...
   
    -- 5:01
8. "Daylight" by Jeff Hanson
   Jeff Hanson
   Jeff Hanson was a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist whose voice was described in a 2005 Paste review as an "angelic falsetto, a cross between Alison Krauss and Art Garfunkel that is often mistaken for a female contralto."-Biography:Hanson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
   
    -- 4:15
9. "Other Voices" by Imaad Wasif
   Imaad Wasif
   Imaad Wasif is a Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter whose music combines elements of both folk and rock music. Wasif’s music has been described as “unbelievably intense with sparkling, raga-influenced guitar and a mystic bent.”...
   
    -- 3:59
10. "Where in the World Are You" by Great Lake Swimmers
    Great Lake Swimmers
    Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto....
    
     -- 3:30
11. "Stargazers Are Blind" by Owen McCarthy -- 4:59
12. "The American War" by Simone White
    Simone White
    -Life and career:White moved to NYC from London in 2000 where she began to play music onstage. She recorded her first album with producer David Domanich and musician and friend Frank Bango. White released the album, The Sincere Recording Company Presents, in 2003 on Bango's label The Sincere...
    
     -- 3:38
13. "Poor Little City Boy" by Nedelle -- 3:21
14. "Dumbing Down" by Southerly
    Southerly
    Southerly is the name of a storm or front of air coming from the south. In the Southern Hemisphere these can be cold and have bad weather. In Wellington, New Zealand these storms are normally short and frequently have winds gusting between 120 km/h and 160 km/h though higher speeds are...
    
     -- 3:18
15. "Lazy Little Ada" by Colin Meloy
    Colin Meloy
    Colin Patrick Henry Meloy is the lead singer and songwriter for the Portland, Oregon, folk-rock band The Decemberists. In addition to vocals, he performs with an acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, harmonica, percussion and interpretive hand gestures.-Early life...
    
     -- 3:50
16. "The Sound You Warn" by Corrina Repp
    Corrina Repp
    Corrina Repp is a vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and maker of quiet music based in Portland, Oregon. Her albums I Take On Your Days and It's Only the Future were released on Hush Records, while The Absent and the Distant was released on Mark Kozelek's personal label Caldo Verde...
    
     -- 3:44
17. "Waves of Wonder" by The Moore Brothers -- 3:07
18. "Best Friends Forever" by Aliccia BB -- 2:56
19. "Kill My Love for You" by Danielle Howle
    Danielle Howle
    Danielle Howle is an American singer-songwriter. After releasing an early song on a Columbia, SC music sampler, she joined the Columbia band Lay Quiet Awhile, which had been formed by brothers Dan and Phil Cook in 1989 and had released two EPs...
    
     -- 4:03
20. "Another Song About the Darkness" by Lauren Hoffman
    Lauren Hoffman
    Lauren Hoffman is an American singer-songwriter. She was signed to Virgin Records America and released her debut album titled Megiddo in 1997. She parted ways with the label in 1999, following her disenchantment with their lack of promotion for her, whilst Virgin went on to issue her sophomore...
    
     -- 3:59
21. "Honea" by Lovers -- 2:50

External links

• [ AMG review]
• Kill Rock Stars press release