Today Asthmatic Kitty will put out a new album from The Welcome Wagon entitled Welcome To The Welcome Wagon. TWW is comprised of Presbyterian pastor Reverend Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique with the multi-talented Sufjan Stevens alongside them. Welcome To The Welcome Wagon is a back woods spiritual album that booms loud with choir like choruses, dixieland jazz swings, and of course the masterfully orchestrated grand folk pop style that earned Stevens much acclaim. From the moment I heard the stomps and claps of “But For Who Fear My Name”, I was on the wagon (I know…cheesy line….couldn’t resist).
mp3: The Welcome Wagon – But For Who Fear My Name
mp3: The Welcome Wagon – Sold! To The Nice Rich Man
I’m instantly smitten with both tracks. The Sufjan influence is immediately recognizable.
thanks for the tip – hardly a substitute for new Sufjan but I’ll take it! kind of christmasy too, or maybe that’s just because his Xmas comp has been on repeat