I had honestly no idea where to start when it came to praising Ithaca bands, so I chose the CDs that happened to be on my couch. Complicated system, that.
The Settlers are fairly new to the Ithaca scene but have already turned out a pair of fantastic albums. Their music is a weird crossbreed of the Silver Jews and the Vaselines and, so yes, perhaps not everyone's cup of tea, but they have a cult-like following among the Ithaca cognescenti. Cos seems to be one of those folks who writes more songs than he knows what to do with and Ciele provides simple bang-a-can drums and backing vocals. I'm not even sure the albums are available anywhere other than at shows, but here's two tracks to get started on. They'll be at Grassroots (if you're into that sort of thing) and at Castaways in July.
Driving Nails
On the Bar
Visit The Settlers on MySpace.
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