In February, Providence, R.I., trio the Low Anthem was touted as “one of the hottest unsigned bands on the East Coast.” But not anymore: Nonesuch Records snapped the band up soon after, securing a summer re-release of the Low Anthem’s already highly lauded second album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (originally released late last year). Utilizing everything from acoustic and electric guitar to banjo, pump organ, trumpet and clarinet, Ben Miller, Jocie Adams and Jeffrey Prystowsky specialize in haunting Americana and what Miller has described as “secular spirituals.” As England’s Mojo observes, “Theirs is a gloriously romantic vision of America that sits somewhere between Dylan and Waits.”

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