Review: Howth - Self-titled

Brooklyn's Howth strips their folk songs down until they're threadbare - revealing the ghostly ambience of the basement in which it was recorded (which has since burned down).  "Hecksher Field #3" would be a feather-light folk tune in the vein of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bleeker Street" if not for the otherworldly droning that swells to consume the tune before receding into silence.  "Idaho #1" is the most upbeat song on the album, a brisk summer breeze of a song that masks some seriously heavy lyrics.  Throughout, Carl Creighton's sweet, soft voice compliments the tenor of the songs perfectly, somehow uplifting and melancholy at the same time.

Check out "The White Lights Up at Bloomingdale's Bring Me Down" from the self-titled album below, and get the rest of the album for the very reasonable price of $7 here.

Howth - The White Lights Up At Bloomingdale's Bring Me Down