The Sunset Tree

AlbumApr 25 / 200513 songs, 39m 40s
Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter
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On his third record for 4AD, John Darnielle axes his fictional sketches and explores his own personal life, specifically an abusive stepfather.

After dropping the devastating Tallahassee -- a record that followed in gory detail the imagined demise of a Florida couple's marriage -- in 2002, he turned his focus inward, taking an almost autobiographical stance on the follow-up, We Shall All Be Healed, a framework that is applied tenfold on the riveting The Sunset Tree.

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How do you embrace your history? The answer to that question isn't such a mystery.

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