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Benjamin Lazar Davis (Cuddle Magic, Joan As Policewoman, Okkervil River), Alec Spiegelman (Cuddle Magic, Pokey LaFarge), and Jeremy Gustin (Albert Hammond Jr., Delicate Steve) combine as Baby States to explore, re-imagine, and de’rrange a repertoire of old-time Appalachian fiddle tunes and murder ballads.
 
The band takes elements central to old-time music — pre-modern, bittersweet modal harmonies and crooked phrases — and extrapolates new sounds. Fiddle tunes are transplanted to bari sax and clawhammer banjo patterns to a buzzy, fingerpicked electric guitar.
 
The result is a strangely familiar sounding blend of West African guitar riffs, Uncle Dave Macon, and Nirvana.

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