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Sept. 28, 2008: Singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins, still with her original band, The Sea, unveils new material at the Austin City Limits Festival. Some of the tracks included “The Tower” and “Darkness Falls So Quiet,” but perhaps the strangest was a Led Zeppelin-esque rocker called “Vultures.”
In the months following, Atkins would go through many life changes–a new band and a messy breakup, to name a couple–and while “The Tower” was the ultimate complement to this transition and an obvious shew-in for the forthcoming album, Mondo Amore, “Vultures” seemed dead on the side of the road.
That is until a conversation I had with Atkins a year ago, in which she revealed her determination to resurrect the forgotten track.
Fast forward to mid-March. An Austin City Limits SXSW pre-show, where Atkins mysteriously shows up with Future Clouds and Radar as her backing band (more on that later) revealed she had indeed reworked the song.
Now, as the Jan. 25, 2011 drop date for the new albums looms, “Vultures” becomes the preview track. You can download it here, free of charge.
Changing gears a bit, the majority of my visitors apparently stumble upon my page while researching Nicole Atkins rumors. I wish I were joking. So the latest search-engine searches that lead people to my page have to do with the personnel changes in The Black Sea. I don’t think it’s any secret as Atkins is now touring, so I’ll just say it: Yes, the old Black Sea, consisting of drummer Chris Donofrio, guitarist Bradley York and bassist Anthony Chick, is no more. And that’s all I have to say on that.
