New Bohemians

After thinking about this blog, one of the things I hope to accomplish is to talk about lesser known bands or albums. One of the first that I would like to discuss is the New Bohemians. Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians were written off in the early 90’s after two albums. The first, Shooting Rubberbands, was a huge success. The second, Ghost of a Dog, was nowhere near as good in my opinion. Then the band disbanded. What a lot of people don’t know is that a third album was recorded several years ago. It’s called The Live Montauk Sessions and was only released, to my knowledge, through their poorly kept website. It’s short, only 7 songs long, but achieves what they state is the original New Bohemian sound. The story goes that when they were signed their record label didn’t like their original drummer. He was fired and doesn’t appear on the label’s albums. The record company heavily influenced the sound for Shooting Rubberbands and it didn’t sound like the original band. The Montauk Sessions was an effort to get the band back together and resurrect the real Bohemians. They spent a few weeks together in Montauk writing and recording these songs. Raw is the key word for this album…and it works to their advantage. It is their best writing and playing and many people probably don’t know it. What a shame. I hope it’s still available and that people will check it out.