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Strays Don't Sleep
12+ albums
indiealternative rockpop rockalternativerock
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Songwriter/solo artists are strange animals. They’re typically solitary and prickly. They don’t move well in packs. It’s unusual for two such artists to find something in common magnetic enough to join forces over a common vision. In the case of Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard, this would seem a particularly difficult event. Each had already carved out a niche for himself, each was well-known and highly-praised by the critics. Steve Earle had referred to Ryan as, “one of the best songwriters I’ve seen come to Nashville,” and No Depression had claimed Hubbard’s music was, “a realm where melody, hooks and harmonies converge in a spirit of yearning and state of grace.” In addition, they come from opposite ends of the spectrum. Hubbard constructs songs like glimmering white birds – emotionally open, light and jubilant. Ryan’s songs are storm crows – heavy, world-weary and wise. Where Ryan loves The Clash and Leonard Cohen, Hubbard loves Bjork and Sinatra. The songs on their debut are arresting. It is a sound that is sophisticated and pretty and smart. It is clean and simple. The purest example of this being “Cars & History” in which, over an acoustic guitar and hovercraft groove worthy of a Wes Anderson film, Ryan sings. Another way to picture their differences: if they were filmmakers, Hubbard would be Truffaut and Ryan would be Scorsese. It’s two polar artists blending into a single cohesive vision. It’s a classic rock and roll move to challenge one’s expectations from mus
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Strays Don't Sleep
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Music From The WB Television Series One Tree Hill Volume 2: Friends With Benefit
One Tree Hill Volume 2: Friends With Benefit
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Strays Don't Sleep Disc 1
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One Tree Hill, Volume 2: Friends With Benefit
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One Tree Hill Vol. 2: Friends With Benefit OST
Love Don't Owe You Anything
One Tree Hill, Vol. 2: Friends With Benefit
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One Tree Hill Vol. 2 - Friends With Benefit
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Couldn't Be Happier
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One Tree Hill - Music from the Television Series, Vol. 2: Friends with Benefit
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Friends with Benefit: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2