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And guess what? They added Wilson’s Reservoir to their playlist. And wrote a little something about the LP:

Wilson’s Resevoir sends us an eponymous, self-released album of alt-country music with hints of Appalachian flavour.  The liner notes speak of lead guy Ben Wilson’s homeschool upbringing, which would normally set off a few alarm bells in my head, owing to the homeschool types I encountered back in Texas.  But, here, if nowhere else, I’d have got things wrong.  The album is, in fact, it is a very thoughtful (and darkly intense) piece of work which speaks from a Georgia background that I certainly recognise.  Coolest track: “Lemons in the Water“.

The blurb about the LP is available on their blog.

We’ve got more press. This review comes from the Netherlands, and was posted on the Johnny’s Garden website. The review was posted last Friday, July 9th and was done by Ed Muitjens.

Small Town Americana Music: zo wordt de muziek van Wilson’s Reservoir, een Amerikaanse band die een fraaie cd heeft uitgebracht (de titel is gewoon Wilson’s Reservoir…) en onlangs hebben getoerd in Europa, omschreven.

The Wilson’s Reservoir schuwt het grote gebaar niet. Dat vind je terug in muziek en vooral in de zang. In de basis is dit Americana maar de benadering is vaak “groots” en met “groots” bedoel ik dat het maar zelden “klein” wordt gehouden. Is dit nog te volgen? Nee? Misschien helpt het om te zeggen dat de donker getinte Americana regelmatig uitmondt in overtuigende en excessief gespeelde (rock)muziek.

Voeg daarbij dat je met een zanger te maken hebt met een vocale attitude à la Bono en je weet wel ongeveer hoe laat het is. Persoonlijk vind ik de stem van Ben Wilson, de zanger, gitarist, songwriter en grote man achter Wilson’s Reservoir prachtig, maar dat komt omdat hij sterke gelijkenissen vertoont met het stemgeluid van de zanger van de The Veils, Finn Andrews. Laatstgenoemde heeft in mijn ogen één van de fraaiste rockstemmen van dit moment.

De uitstekende zang gekoppeld aan een elftal prima songs, die zogezegd mooi donker kleuren, maakt deze cd zeer de moeite waard. Het openingsnummer “Bullets” zet de toon, waarbij je eigenlijk meteen niet meer om Ben Wilson heen kan. Tenminste, als je dat al zou willen want muziekliefhebbers die vooral van “intieme en breekbare” Americana houden raad ik aan eerst te luisteren voordat zij tot koop overgaan. Want “intiem en breekbaar” zijn geen bewoordingen die echt bij Wilson’s Reservoir passen.

Het enige nummer dat voor mij uit de toon valt is de afsluiter “Lemons in the water” dat een luchtigheid laat zien die mijn inziens niet past op dit album. Voor de rest heeft mij deze cd overtuigd en zou het mij niet verbazen als deze band, gelet op die “grootse” benadering, in de toekomst op grotere festivals te bewonderen valt. “Small Town Americana Music” op een groot festival: het zou een welkome aanvulling zijn.

Here’s a quick and online translation for the people (like me) that do not read Dutch:

Small Town Americana Music: thus the music of Wilson tank, an American link become which has brought out a fancy cd (the title is Wilson ordinary tank…) and recently have gone for a ride in Europe, defined.

The Wilson tank do not shun the large gesture. That retrieves you in music and especially in the song. In the basis this Americana are but the approach is frequently massive and with massive I mean that it is seldom kept but small. Is this follow still? No? Perhaps it helps to say that the dark getinte Americana end in regularly in convincing and excessively played (rock) music.

Joint thereby that with a warbler you to do have Bono and you with a vocal attitude à drawer knows, however, approximately how late it is. Personally I find the voice of am Wilson, the warbler, gitarist, songwriter and large man behind Wilson tank splendid, but that comes because he shows strong resemblances with the voice sound of the warbler of the The available, Finn Andrews. Last mentioned has one of the fancy rockstemmen of this moment in my eyes.

The excellent song to a elftal very well songs coupled, which colors zogezegd beautiful dark, makes this cd very worth it. The opening number Bullets puts the tone, where you are in fact immediately no longer for Wilson gone are possible. At least, if you that already would want because music devotees that loves especially intimate and fragile Americana Council I to firstly before to listen they proceed to buy. Because intimate and fragile is no formulation that is appropriate really at Wilson tank.

The only number which falls for me from the tone is the clincher Lemons in the water that luchtigheid shows which is not appropriate my inziens on this album. For the rest me has persuaded this cd and it me astonish as these a link, having regard to that massive approach, in the future on larger festivals be admired can. Small Town Americana Music on a large festival: it a welcome supplement would be.

It makes me laugh that Google Translate (or Babelfish, whatever) translated Wilson’s Reservoir as Wilson’s Tank, but oh well, it’s to give you an idea of what is being said about us. If you can do better, please let us know!