ridgeland by Waterhens

This is me trying to make a happy (or at least happier) album, with the help of the Waterhens.

The writing process began on a honeymoon road trip through the west to Big Sur. I wanted to do a nice, domestic album. It didn’t really turn out that way; the darkness always finds a way in.

-qn 8/21/21
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“With its patient pacing, bittersweet mood, and intimate sound, Waterhens' Ridgeland sounds like a descendant of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, except more whimsical than grim. And in the way the music hangs together—not just as a formula or a sound but a gestalt—it also feels like the record right before a band does something truly great.”
-Chicago Reader by Miles Raymer 9/17/09

Tracklist

1.	Introduction	1:22

2.	Buried in the Garden	3:56

3.	Anything	2:20

4.	Faye	3:16

5.	Sunset Motel	4:13

6.	Juice	1:58

7.	Some Dream (peroxide)	3:04

8.	Diving	3:29

9.	St. Mawr (ii)	3:08

10.	Blue Island Ave.	2:54

11.	Goodnight, S. Maria	2:40

12.	Scratched It Out	0:50

13.	Grey Suitcase	2:47

14.	Famous Kansans	2:42

15.	Last Song	4:00

Credits

released February 1, 2009

QUINTIN NADIG: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonium, Accordion.
ELLIOT BURIN: Bass, Banjo, Vocals
DAVID LUZENIEKI: Accordion, melodica, percussion, piano, bass, harmonium, autoharp, vocals
MICHAEL MARTELLO: Saw, Banjo, Bowed Banjo, percussion. melodica, harmonium, ukulele, guitar, vocals, string arrangements.

DANIA LUCK: Vocals
ELLEN O'HAYER: Cello

Recorded By Kenny Rasmussen.
Mastered by Carl Saff.

All songs (C) Apple River Songs ASCAP
except "Goodnight, S. Maria" by Bill Carson (c) Unconscious Balloonist BMI

License