Flights: Where the Willow Tree Died

A couple of days back, yvynyl blog posted about the unlikely discovery of two Nashville-based friends who had made a record in 2011. ‘Anywhere But Where I Am’, the first work of Flights (Eric Hillman, Brian Holl) is without doubt an as yet unsourced gem. It has the same isolated, intimate feel as Bon Iver’s ‘For Emma…’ (true to the influence, this album was also recorded in an abandoned area of Wisconsin) and a wealth of instrumentation that very few moden day albums can boast. Taking over a year to put together, it is something you play into the late hours, something you want to share with all your friends. One measly bandcamp donation later and I’m sharing with you one of the album’s stand-out efforts: ‘Where the Willow Tree Died’.