Little Wide Open (Limited Edition, Eco-Mix Colored Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 1/10/2005 Sam Wallace

Sam Wallace

the 16-track collection certainly justifies their rather provocative reputation

" the otherworldly "Astronomy Domine")

This collection of odds and sods could easily pass as any other group's A list canon

Little Wide Open (Limited Edition, Eco-Mix Colored Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 1/10/2005 Sam WallaceFor Kevin Morby, the "little wide open" is the big sky, the small lives, it's his origins in the Midwest, and every duty and modesty and familiarity and isolation: the land, the people, and the parts of that inside him. "There's something unintentionally musical about the Midwest; cicadas chirping in the trees, a train passing, a tornado siren going off," explains Morby. "If you listen, there are these almost ominous sounds taking place beneath the