GNOMONSONG
2008
Thing Of The Past
About This Album
After a two year absence from recording, a covers record is a strange -- and risky -- item to issue by any band, much less one that has been, even at its most cohesive, a loose-knit collection of friends. Nonetheless, Vetiver's one constant member, Andy Cabic has done exactly that with Thing of the Past, a 12-song collection that features tracks by an odd assortment of characters, both legendary and forgotten (including some who shouldn't be). Cabic's touring version of Vetiver has been together since the haunting To Find Me Gone was issued in June of 2006. While the album hosted a wide-ranging cast, including Cabic buddy Devendra Banhart, Noah Georgeson, and others, the road band gelled into a consistent, dependable unit.

Cabic never intended to make a covers record, but with no written material, it just seemed like a good way to get the band in the studio, and to introduce them to Thom Monahan, Cabic's production partner, and get something out in 2008. The core band -- Kevin Barker on guitar, banjo, and vocals, Brent Dunn on bass, drummer Otto Hauser (who also plays keyboards), and Sanders Trippe on guitar and vocals cut most of these tracks live in the studio. Michael Hurley's "Blue Driver," is here (he makes a vocal appearance on it), as is the late Ronnie Laine's arrangement of Derroll Adams' "Roll on Babe.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9)

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