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Blue Giant - Target Heart (EP)(2009)


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Blue Giant - Blue Giant (2010)





Blue Giant is an American rock band from Portland, Oregon. An eclectic mix of classic country, indie rock, and psychedelic styles, Blue Giant have been called a Portland supergroup. The band was originally composed of the songwriters and musicians from Viva Voce, Kevin Robinson and Anita Robinson, Chris Funk of The Decemberists, Evan Railton of Swords, and Seth Lorinczi of The Golden Bears, Circus Lupus & The Quails. Musically, Blue Giant could be characterized as rural-psych rock, with one music critic calling them a perfect country-rock band.



You've seen them in pictures, now hear them on record: they are Blue Giant, musical side-thing of Viva Voce's Anita and Kevin Robinson, and they've put together a nice little EP for us.

Target Heart is due in stores January 13 on CD from the band and buyolympia.com, and March 10 on vinyl thanks to Jealous Butcher; those who pre-order either right now from buyolympia.com will get access to an instant download of the set. eMusic subscribers can also snap up the release as of this week, while the rest of the digital retail world gets it January 20.

The EP packs in six tunes, with the vinyl boasting additional covers of the Byrds and Kinks as bonus tracks. Original "Gone for Good", meanwhile, finds Anita trading vocals with duet-happy Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney fame. Tucker turned up at a couple Blue Giant gigs this year, as did Decemberists utility man Chris Funk, now a core member of the Robinsons' band, who contributes pedal steel on the EP.

On the live front, this Giant has a couple gigs in its native Pacific Northwest coming up next month. Until then, guess we'll have to settle for the Human, Young Marble, and Jolly Green varieties.

Oh, and for those wondering: a new Viva Voce record is in the works.





Tracklist:

01 Target Heart
02 Blue Sunshine
03 Lonely Girl
04 Clean the Clock
05 Gone for Good [ft. Corin Tucker]
06 Hell or High Water


More info:

 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Heart_EP

 
http://pitchfork.com/news/34033-corin-tucker-chris-funk-spice-up-blue-giant-ep/





Tracklist:

01 - Clean The Clock
02 - Blue Sunshine
03 - Wesley
04 - Lonely Girl
05 - Target Heart
06 - When Will The Sun Shine
07 - Go On
08 - Run Rabbit Run
09 - Gone For Good (Duet With Corin Tucker)
10 - The Game
11 - The Void Above The Sky
12 - Reasons To Cry





More info:

 
http://pitchfork.com/news/39041-hear-blue-giants-corin-tucker-collab/

 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Giant_%28band%29

 
http://www.bluegiantland.com/






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