The River Monks will be setting off the proverbial fireworks tonight at the Yacht Club with their intricate and polished folk rock, while Brooks Strause and the Gory… […]
Tonight at the Yacht Club: Celebrate Independence Eve with the River Monks
The River Monks
Album Reviews: The River Monks – Home is the House
If Sufjan Stevens ever decided to return to his 50-state project—an attempt at composing album-length tributes for each state—he would be wise to skip Iowa altogether. The River Monks have beat him to the punch with their new album, Home is the House, one of the most essential and distilled “Iowan” records in recent memory, complete with traditional instruments contrasted by progressive song structures. Songs address themes of nature, friends and family and have the kind of studio polish that humbly displays the hard work that the band’s six musicians must have poured into the album. […]
