Idyll Swords

Idyll Swords

Purposeful Availment

Three Lobed Recordings

***An extremely limited, privately-pressed, subscription-only release from enigmatic guitar trio IDYLL SWORDS. Six brand new tracks that one member of the trio calls, "the Swords' most cohesive work." Only 100 copies are available for distribution.  

Idyll Swords

Ii

Communion Label

***The Communion Label is pleased to release the second album by North Carolina trio Idyll Swords, titled II - almost an hour of natural and fluid American folk and blues, along with the buzzy and sublime sounds of India, Persia and Turkey, all baked by three hot-shit guitarists: Dave Brylawski played guitar in Polvo and has recently completed his masters in social work at Columbia. Chuck Johnson played in Spatula and continues to work with innumerable other projects, including the Micro-East Collective, modelled after the Mills College-based Micro-Collective. Chuck is also studying Hindustani classical music with noted sarod-player K. Sridhar and a Hindustani vocal teacher. Grant Tennille is the quiet genius type, responsible for some of the most epic 'Swords work, and likes to collect bootlegs on the Internet. For those who have to put the peg in the hole, well, he does session work for Trans Am, all right? The Swords' music is stunning, influenced by many worlds while retaining the flavor of its own place. Those who'd like to take Pocahantas back to the city will be thrilled to introduce this charming entity to their friends. References: the Takoma Records triumvirate (Fahey, Basho, Kottke), Vishwan Mohan Bhatt, Davey Graham, the kudzu plant, a train ride in Rajhastan, the smell of wood powder and spice, Ankara International Airport.

Idyll Swords

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Communion Label

***Dave, the funny guitarist from POLVO, gets together with Chuck Johnson of SPATULA and Grant Tenille ("dude, he's actually the good one in the band") to transcend the boundaries created by their other ensembles. What's that mean? Well, it means you get to draw deep from the hookah, and merge into the topography of a land where Eastern modal structures dominate, and beautiful melodies are created by a wide range of acoustic instruments like oud, sarod, saz, dulcimer (that's biblical for "stringed instrument"), & banjo along with some fine guitar picking. Were Gastr' Del Sol to involve itself with Middle Eastern sounds, it would be almost as good as this. Fans of this trio's other bands will hear the linkage, but get happy....something new & wonderful is in the air. The Tazo Tea Shaman has already mailordered a box lot.