DANIELSON FAMILE

[Download "Rallying The Dominos" from Fetch The Compass Kids]
[Download "Good News for the Pus Pickers" from Fetch The Compass Kids]

I don't really know why I am posting Danielson Famile tracks on here. No one I know likes them or cares about them. But somehow they remain to be one of the most critically accaimled indie acts around. The Danielson Famile started out as a family band that performed songs that frontman, Daniel Smith composed for his classes at Rutgers University. In fact, their first official release, A Prayer for Every Hour, was Smith's senior thesis project. Needless to say he got an 'A'.

The Danielson Famile play some of the most eccentric alternative folk music I have ever heard. Smith sings almost exclusivly in a very high pitched falsetto voice, that you have to love for the sake of sheer obscurity. All of their songs carry a positive and sometimes Christian message. Don't let that scare you away though, their style of music just wouldn't fit with anything but a lighthearted and upbeat agenda. Fetch The Compass Kids is an earlier release, and probably their most mainstream. They almost scored a hit with Rallying The Dominos, but could never break out of the underground. In addition to still touring and recording with The Famile, Smith's solo project, Br. Danielson has been a huge success and currently sells out tours around the world.

-Miike