Stitches

"In total, Stitches is exactly the sort of Americana record that can act as antidote for what's happening in the genre right now. At a time when "hey!" folk has fully infiltrated rock radio, and made questionably bearded banjo players the guitar shredders of this generation, somebody has to stand up and represent how truly weird and wondrous this music can be. Stitches isn't a record designed to bowl anybody over-- It eschews easy Mumford-like payoffs. Like desert sand, it slowly washes over until it finally crushes you".

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"Stitches solidifies Califone as a band that have always balanced American pop music tradition well with experimentation. Here Califone get their Ghost Is Born-era Wilco on, but they also explore deeper areas of American musical tradition and feature forward-thinking musical elements and decisions, often in the same song. The tracks on Stitches aren't just Rutili singing about Moses not making it into the promised land or, more trite, songs about payphones: they make up an entire color palette of music and lyrics, of sounds and themes, that when combined on Rutili's canvas make up truly original territory".

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