Tilly & the Wall

I guess I owe my fondness of Tilly & the Wall to David Letterman. I had heard of them, but had not heard them when I happened to catch them on his show. I don't normally watch The Letterman show anymore, but I heard something about Omaha, which is where they are from AND where I am from (sort of, I was born there, but moved to Denver when I was 1, I was worried it was becoming a ghost town). Their performance was delightful, as so many things are to me, and I thought, hey let's invest in their music. I don't really differentiate their first two albums, Wild Like Children (2004) and Bottom of Barrels (2006) because I got them at the same time. They were both released by the Team Love label, which is related to Saddle Creek records in that it was founded by Conor Oberst. Omaha, Omaha, Omaha. Well actually, NYC, Omaha, Omaha moved to NYC. Clear? Good.

They have a little bit of a shtick in that rather than a drummer they have a tap dancer and clappers. I'm pretty sure some of the tracks have drums, but I'll have to get back to you on that. I have no qualms with the aforementioned shtick, in fact, I'm quite fond of it despite my extreme hatred for Stomp. Right now I'm listening to The Freest Man off of B.O.B and I think it has a bass drum. Although I guess they could have modified her tapping. Anyway, it's a great song. It's the penultimate song on the album and is followed by Coughing Colors, which is a little atypical of their other songs. I really enjoy it, though. It doesn't rate real high on the make me want to dance scale, but I'll take it and you should too. Up next... Belly