Strays Don't Sleep

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For Blue Skies 06:09 Tools
Night Is Still 00:00 Tools
Cars and History 00:00 Tools
Love Don't Owe You Anything 00:00 Tools
Falling Asleep with You 00:00 Tools
April's Smiling at Me 00:00 Tools
Pretty Girl 00:00 Tools
Spirit Fingers 00:00 Tools
Martin Luther Ave. 00:00 Tools
You Belong To Me 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Stay 00:00 Tools
[Untitled Track] 00:00 Tools
You Belong To Me (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Stay (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Martin Luther Avenue 00:00 Tools
You Belong To Me - B-side 00:00 Tools
Stay - B-side 00:00 Tools
Strays Don't Sleep - For Blue Skies 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies (Lyrics) 00:00 Tools
Blue Skies - Lyrics 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies [I forgive you..] 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skys 00:00 Tools
For blue skies (one tree hill) 06:09 Tools
For Blue Skies - Strays Don't Sleep 00:00 Tools
Inside of My Skin 00:00 Tools
One Tree Hill Soundtrack - Strays Don't Sleep - For Blue Skies 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies (Tragida Remix) 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies - Album Version 00:00 Tools
Cars And History- Master (Fix) 00:00 Tools
Love Vigilantes 00:00 Tools
Strays Don't Sleep 00:00 Tools
I’ll forgive You (for Blue Skyes) 00:00 Tools
Love Dont Owe You Anything 00:00 Tools
You Belong to Me (B-Side) 00:00 Tools
Stay (B-Side) 00:00 Tools
15 For Blue Skies 00:00 Tools
For Blue Sky 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies [Album Version]/Album Version 00:00 Tools
For Blue 00:00 Tools
For Blue Skies - Lyrics 00:00 Tools
You Belong 00:00 Tools
Stay *Bonus Track* 00:00 Tools
You Belong To Me [bonus track] 00:00 Tools
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Songwriter/solo artists are strange animals. They’re typically solitary and prickly. They don’t move well in packs. It’s unusual for two such artists to find something in common magnetic enough to join forces over a common vision. In the case of Matthew Ryan and Neilson Hubbard, this would seem a particularly difficult event. Each had already carved out a niche for himself, each was well-known and highly-praised by the critics. Steve Earle had referred to Ryan as, “one of the best songwriters I’ve seen come to Nashville,” and No Depression had claimed Hubbard’s music was, “a realm where melody, hooks and harmonies converge in a spirit of yearning and state of grace.” In addition, they come from opposite ends of the spectrum. Hubbard constructs songs like glimmering white birds – emotionally open, light and jubilant. Ryan’s songs are storm crows – heavy, world-weary and wise. Where Ryan loves The Clash and Leonard Cohen, Hubbard loves Bjork and Sinatra. The songs on their debut are arresting. It is a sound that is sophisticated and pretty and smart. It is clean and simple. The purest example of this being “Cars & History” in which, over an acoustic guitar and hovercraft groove worthy of a Wes Anderson film, Ryan sings. Another way to picture their differences: if they were filmmakers, Hubbard would be Truffaut and Ryan would be Scorsese. It’s two polar artists blending into a single cohesive vision. It’s a classic rock and roll move to challenge one’s expectations from music. Tireless, hopeful, ambitious and hungry… ...It’s The Strays Don’t Sleep Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.