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Theodore “Hold You Like A Lover” | 02.09.2010

I would say that my folk/alt coun­try, or what­ever you would like to call that genre, kick ended, for the most part, about a year or more ago. An acoustic gui­tar and a sad, dusty voice just didn’t do any­thing for me any­more. Theodore, a group from right here in St. Louis and friends of mine, is a band whose music is so uniquely Mid­west and impres­sively deep in tones and lyri­cal con­tent. Their first release, “Songs for the Weary” was given to me and, embar­rass­ingly, lost in my car for months. I found it out of its case and popped it in the player to see what it was and found myself pleas­antly con­fused as to who this was. I am actu­ally happy that I didn’t know who it was at first because, for some strange rea­son, I tend not to give local bands too much of a chance unless I see them live first. Need­less to say, that album made a last­ing impression.

As of late Theodore has really blown up. They have been busy trav­el­ing, gain­ing a larger fol­low­ing and writ­ing and record­ing more songs. I received an email recently from Moon Jaw Records, who is dis­trib­ut­ing Theodore’s new record, announc­ing said release and declar­ing that with one sim­ple click I would be granted the oppor­tu­nity to down­load the entire album in advance. The upcom­ing “Hold You Like a Lover” is one truly beau­ti­ful record. The wide array of instru­men­ta­tion, blend­ing har­monies and poetic lyrics are aston­ish­ing. It has been per­fect at work lately for myself and a few cowork­ers. If you haven’t heard of Theodore, visit their site and sam­ple some songs.

Catch their release show Feb­ru­ary 13th at Off Broad­way. They will be accom­pa­nied by Rats and Peo­ple Motion Pic­ture Orches­tra and Andrew Bryant.