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Reid Genauer
12+ albums
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For more than a decade, Reid Genauer has built his name and reputation, and experienced a substantial amount of success both on the road and in the studio. Yet like so many performers, he has found that success in these two arenas are in some ways mutually exclusive. Performing and recording are two very different beasts Genauer explains. But with his and the Assembly of Dusts new disc, The Honest Hour, an album recorded live and with an ear and mind toward song craftGenauer seamlessly melds the two and uniquely bridges that gap once and for all. The highly anticipated release hits streets on September 14, 2004 on Hybrid Recordings. The discs nine songs are a mix of new AOD songs and reimagined versions of songs Genauer wrote for his former band, Strangefolk. Culled from a show in Troy, NY in early 2004, The Honest Hour, the bands spirited sophomore disc, boasts both the open-sky breeziness and energy of a live show, but also the pristine production of a studio album. We approached this as if we were playing a studio album live, says Genauer, the bands main lyricist. The distinction really comes down to three things: song selection, performancebecause we chose the songs in a more succinct and album-like wayand how it was mixed and mastered. Genauer rightly adds, I think that if you took out all of the crowd noise, people would not know this was performed in a live setting. The Honest Hour arrives just a year after the Assembly of Dusts self-titled debut, and this late
