Posted September 27, 200816 yr http://assets1.pitchforkmedia.com/images/original/145621.welcomewagon.jpg The Welcome Wagon 'Sold! To The Nice Rich Man' __ download here 'Sold! To The Nice Rich Man' Pitchfork __ In a blind taste test, if you had told me "Sold! To the Nice Rich Man" was a track from an upcoming Sufjan Stevens album called, say, Minnesota Pop, I wouldn't have doubted you for a second. All the hallmarks are here: the punctuated song title, fussy-bordering-on-precious arrangements, gauzy horns, plunky banjo, Up With People background vocals, even the soft lead vocals. The song, a Danielson Famile cover originally from that band's 1998 album Tri-Danielson!!!, also conveys a similar sense of wonder at the world while conveying an undercurrent of sadness, in this case a disappointment that this wonderful world has been sold to that nice rich man. Ah, but Stevens' participation on the is limited to production and support. This is the Welcome Wagon's tent show: the Rev. Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique draw from old Presbyterian hymns, blues, folk, and-obviously-well-orchestrated chamber pop to create their own traveling revival. If they seem to get lost in Stevens' joyful noise, the couple do put their stamp on the song. Aiuto, who presides over the Resurrection Presbyterian Church in Williamsburg, may sing softly, but he lets his guitar do the preaching. His licks on the chorus sound like good news indeed. http://assets1.pitchforkmedia.com/images/original/145602.welcomewagon_0.jpg 'Welcome to the Welcome Wagon' album trackliting __ 01 Up on a Mountain 02 Sold! To the Nice Rich Man 03 Unless the Lord the House Shall Build 04 He Never Said a Mumblin' Word 05 Hail to the Lord's Anointed 06 But for You Who Fear My Name 07 American Legion 08 You Made My Day 09 Half a Person 10 Jesus 11 I Am a Stranger 12 Deep Were His Wounds, and Red So the single is quite nice and you can really hear the Sufjan production in it. A whole album of it may be too meh though...
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