Reigning Sound - Home For Orphans

Merge - MRG698LP

Includes Digital Download

When Reigning Sound's Greg Cartwright assembled the tracklist for 2005's Home for Orphans compilation LP, he was mining from a moody pool of outtakes and rarities cut at various locations across his hometown of Memphis. The year prior, his band unveiled its manically raucous Too Much Guitar! LP, but left behind on the cutting-room floor were slow and sullen alternate takes of "Funny Thing" and "If You Can't Give Me Everything." Opening the aptly titled Home for Orphans is "Find Me Now," a lonely-hearted gem that was omitted from the original Too Much Guitar! roster. Another similar "orphan" included here is "What Could I Do?," a shining example of Cartwright's ability to tastefully and poetically lay down heartbreaking ballads. Of course, having his original Memphis lineup on these sessions only deepens the dynamic range of sounds. With bassist Jeremy Scott, drummer Greg Roberson, and organist Alex Greene on board, Home for Orphans presents the band's classic sonic blueprint. In hindsight, this was perhaps a stopgap, transitional record. It was issued during Cartwright's big move from Memphis to his current residence in Asheville, and it plays like a beautiful farewell to the city that so heavily inspired him.

Side A:
Find Me Now
If You Can't Give Me Everything 03:48
Funny Thing 03:07
Medication Blues #1 03:43
Carol 02:21

Side B:
What Could I Do? 02:37
If Christmas Can't Bring You Home 02:28
Pretty Girl 02:51
Without You 02:43
Don't Send Me No Flowers, I Ain't Dead Yet (Live) 02:29

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