Dead & Born & Grown＜限定盤＞

2011年、2枚のEP『Live at Cecil Sharp House』、『The Motherlode EP』をリリースし、The Civil WarsやMichael Kiwanuka、Bon Iver等のツアーのサポートに抜擢されてメンフィスからクリーヴランド、オースティンからダラスへと歌いながら旅してきた、英国はワトフォード出身の3姉妹グループ、THE STAVES(ザ・ステイヴス)の2012年にリリースされたフル・デビュー・アルバム『DEAD & BORN & GROWN』。英国メディアから高く評価されたそのアルバムにライヴ5曲を追加収録した2枚組限定盤『DEAD & BORN & GROWN & LIVE』が登場!

Mojo - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The Staves concentrate on tight harmonies, fireside-warm arrangements and winsome storytelling, the appeal of which grows with every play." Q - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] a sound that owes as much to Joni Mitchell's Californian whimsy as it does Fairport Convention's leafy Englishness....Filled with triple-pronged harmonies..."

Dead & Born & Grown, the debut album from Watford, England-based sisters Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor arrives on the heels of their well-received EPs Mexico and The Motherlode. The trio's first full-length outing, which was produced by the legendary father-and-son team of Glyn and Ethan Johns, pairs the evocative British folk of Laura Marling and Sandy Denny with the rustic Americana of Mountain Man and the Pierces. The group's distinctive sound has also drawn comparisons to Bon Iver and the Civil Wars, with whom the trio spent the early portion of 2012 supporting in both the United States and Canada.|

Dead & Born & Grown, the debut album from Watford, England-based sisters Emily, Jessica, and Camilla Staveley-Taylor, arrives on the heels of their well-received EPs Mexico and The Motherlode. The trio's first full-length outing, which was produced by Glyn and Ethan Johns and includes material from both of the aforementioned EPs, pairs the evocative British folk of Laura Marling and Sandy Denny with the rustic Americana of the Wailin' Jennys and Gillian Welch. Dead & Born & Grown leans harder on the latter, and if the siblings’ measured yet undeniably English phrasing weren’t so apparent, it would be easy to mistake them for Gram Parsons/Joni Mitchell-loving, Laurel Canyon songbirds instead of pub-bred, early-twentysomething lasses from the home counties. Opener "Wisely & Slow" sets the table with a nearly two-minute, a cappella intro that shows off the siblings' considerable pipes. What follows is a relatively calm, collected, and breezy set of 21st century folk songs that prefers subtlety over novelty; the leaf-strewn, babbling brook to Mumford & Sons' relentlessly stormy ocean. Clear, confident, and classy, the Staves (along with their producers) know that their ability to harmonize (or just sing in perfect, familial unison) is their calling card, and the instrumentation is calibrated according to that knowledge, allowing their vocals to sit fairly high in the mix, which gives stand-out cuts like "Winter Trees," "The Motherlode," and the lovely, and surprisingly timeless-sounding title track, a genuine warmth, as well as an air of real intimacy that stands in stark contrast to many of their contemporaries. ~ James Christopher Monger