Rough Carpenters [CD]

Rough Carpenters, which was recorded in the same two-day session as 2012's Whompyjawed EP, can be seen as an inward-gazing foil to that EP's long-form hoedown epics. With the addition of Sally Anne Morgan on fiddle to the trio of Mike Gangloff, Isak Howell, and Nathan Bowles, dance has become a more prominent part of the group's formula. The Black Twig Pickers are indeed rough carpenters, building unpolished but finely crafted records that embody the spirit of a timeless old-time scene.