{"id":1237,"date":"2012-02-27T13:15:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T18:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2012-02-26T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T15:56:21","slug":"1237","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/02\/27\/1237\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Varden: Mouthful of Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dolly Varden<\/a> is: Steve Dawson (vocals, guitars, piano), his wife Diane Christiansen (vocals, guitar, organ), Mark Balletto (back-up vocals, guitars, lap steel), Mike Bradburn: (back-up vocals and bass) and Matt Thobe (back-up vocals, drums and piano). My favorite fact about them is that they named their band after a “rare and beautiful trout” that was named after a character in Charles Dickens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 short novel Barnaby Rudge<\/em> and not, as it may sound, after Dolly Parton.<\/p>\n

They are from Chicago, and Mouthful of Lies<\/i> is actually their debut album from way back in 1995, freshly remixed and remastered and returned to the world. It’s a little bit like a time capsule: there’s some grunge echoes in there, some shoe-gaze-y filigree around the edges, and a couple that have some sweet pop shimmer.<\/p>\n

This is the title track:
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Dolly Varden "Mouthful Of Lies"<\/div><\/div>
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