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At least three bands use the name Ptarmigan.
Ptarmigan (1) is a modern band of the powerfolk ambioPop genre formed in Columbia, Missouri in 2007. Evan Walton, Peter Marting, and Ted Carstensen create intricate, powerful explosions from simple folk roots and catchy melodies over levels of ambiance. Ptarmigan returns with their sophomore release, “The Forest Darling”, the follow-up to 2009’s “Our Ancient Friends”. Where Ptarmigan used to rely on high/low tempo changes to create tension before unleashing an explosion of pop melodies, they’ve evolved to focusing more on harmonizing the voices of their songwriters, Evan Walton (guitar) and Peter Marting (bass). This album is a definite maturation for the band, whose ambition has never been in question. And maturation in the best sense, they resisted the urge of so many others that confused progress with adding more instruments and band members, and claiming Loretta Lynn and Woody Guthrie as their main influences. They push through the limitations that restrain a 3-person pop band to maximize a warmer and lush sound telling stories of loneliness and longing.
“The Forest Darling” features split-songwriting duties between Walton and Marting. The songs contain Walton’s songs of the inability to connect to people and isolation, with Marting’s rich, romantic imagery of a longing to connect with nature and the harmony it entails. “There’s no need cause nothings moving, I’m at a loss, I’m at a loss.
Ptarmigan (1) is a modern band of the powerfolk ambioPop genre formed in Columbia, Missouri in 2007. Evan Walton, Peter Marting, and Ted Carstensen create intricate, powerful explosions from simple folk roots and catchy melodies over levels of ambiance. Ptarmigan returns with their sophomore release, “The Forest Darling”, the follow-up to 2009’s “Our Ancient Friends”. Where Ptarmigan used to rely on high/low tempo changes to create tension before unleashing an explosion of pop melodies, they’ve evolved to focusing more on harmonizing the voices of their songwriters, Evan Walton (guitar) and Peter Marting (bass). This album is a definite maturation for the band, whose ambition has never been in question. And maturation in the best sense, they resisted the urge of so many others that confused progress with adding more instruments and band members, and claiming Loretta Lynn and Woody Guthrie as their main influences. They push through the limitations that restrain a 3-person pop band to maximize a warmer and lush sound telling stories of loneliness and longing.
“The Forest Darling” features split-songwriting duties between Walton and Marting. The songs contain Walton’s songs of the inability to connect to people and isolation, with Marting’s rich, romantic imagery of a longing to connect with nature and the harmony it entails. “There’s no need cause nothings moving, I’m at a loss, I’m at a loss.
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FatherGrigori wrote:
Hilarious group http://www.lastfm.se/group/Holli+Would
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fishoa wrote:
waffles <3
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brunetteb wrote:
o_o
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oozabooman wrote:
So cool, album.
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user004 wrote:
I really love this new album!
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stev0205 wrote:
Alright guys, I think everyone here knows that Ptarmigan stole the name from the Canadian band while conspiring with all major media conglomerates to screw over crotchety old people and music nobody ever cared about or ever will. Stop beating a dead horse.
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bmags wrote:
totally, I mean what was your favorite moment of the Canadian Prog-Rock scene of the 70s? i know what mine was...it ... when they...
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VilenessFats wrote:
Its funny how some plastic neon sunglasses and pitchfork media are moving in on just about every artists name these days who had their day several decades before. Must be some sort of marketing conspiracy connected with the remaking of old film classics rendering them consumable to the more feebleminded youth of today, but replacing the grit and vibes with sparkle and bad graphic designy geometric covers and "alternative" this that and the other.
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phnmnal wrote:
what's a braseph?
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OGTL wrote:
Ptarmigan from Canada in the early-mid 70's is better than this shit braseph.
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dontdoitjake wrote:
Ptarmigan's live cover of Animal Collective's My Girls http://ptarmiganmediaconcern.com/wp-content/audio/Cover_MyGirls.mp3
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bratzeforhansen wrote:
http://herztoenelungengeraeusche.com/post/217997258/ptarmigan
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tobal89 wrote:
i fucking love Our ancient friends
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Alonsoistkrieg wrote:
fucking awesome, god bless waffles.fm!!
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doki66 wrote:
It's interesting that this free album is better than the last ten I paid for.
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SpaceChief wrote:
best powerfolk ambioPop I've heard
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halisray wrote:
thank you wafflesss
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toastman69 wrote:
great tunes! better thank waffles
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armoniacido wrote:
nice nice nice!
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soleher wrote:
free leech! :D
News
NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED
21 Mar 2011 | from ptarmiganmediaconcern.com
Indeed, Ptarmigan’s second full length album is to be release
April 22, 2011. The songs of this work have been over 2
years in the making, and we are happy to finally share our new
soundscapes with you. Album details will follow shortly. Take
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ZuKkan tagged Ptarmigan with ‘folk’. 13 days ago
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joldenblue added Ptarmigan to joldenblue’s library. last month
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Lauscherlein tagged Ptarmigan with ‘folk rock’. December 2011
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ZuKkan tagged Ptarmigan with ‘indie rock’. November 2011
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SpaceGhostC2C, xdarja, SeasickDanger and 3 other people added Ptarmigan to their libraries. July 2011
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Mark_H wrote about Ptarmigan in a deleted journal. May 2011
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thefresh created the wiki page for The Forest Darling. April 2011
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thefresh updated the wiki page for Ptarmigan. (diff) April 2011
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thefresh added Ptarmigan to the lineup of Ptarmigan Album Release at Mojo's. March 2011
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