Search - Bitter Bitter Weeks :: Peace Is Burning Like a River

"McTear delivers the tough news like a resilient troubadour heavily versed in singer-songwriters as diverse as Donovan and Sunny Day Real Estate's Jeremy Enigk, and yet with enough personality to call the territory his own." -- RollingStone.com "Flashes of Paul Westerberg's most sensitive moments mix with the irresistible commercial quality that allowed The Shins to cross over to a segment of the mainstream." -- Splendid "McTear's austere arrangements foreground a voice that brings to mind Uncle Tupelo-era Jeff Tweedy, while guest musicians contribute pedal steel, harmonica, and a lovely vocal chorus on the last few tracks. Great music for big rooms or slow nights." -- Alternative Press "Dashes of Alex Chilton's ragtag pop and Jonathan Richman's childlike wonder give a warm glow to this boy-and-his-guitar bundle of agreeable, melodic, soft-pedaled laments." -- Uncut Noted indie producer and engineer Brian McTear (Matt Pond PA, Mazarin, Espers, Danielson, The A-Sides) returns with his third album as Bitter Bitter Weeks. While past albums were dark and minimal, Peace is vast, honest, assured, and dare we say, triumphant. It taps into McTear's work with Mazarin, as well as subtle Eno-esque beds of organ & tape echo and the American jangle of '80s college underground music. With Peace, Bitter Bitter Weeks has arrived in a new era, presenting an extraordinary album of fully orchestrated, memorable songs with featured guest performances by members of Mazarin, Apollo Sunshine, The A-Sides, BC Camplight, The Velvet Crush, and more. There are songs about life and death, mid-air daydreams, cold war apocalyptic fantasy, ghost dreams, hyperawareness in the last seconds of life, friendship gone sour, apologies to future generations, and much more.