Founded in 2010, Powderhorn Cranes is an experimental collaborative lo-fi studio project based in Saint Paul, MN. The foundational member F. James Bardozi, a veteran Twin Cities multi-instrumentalist, operates as project engineer in his low-tech makeshift home studiowith a 4-track and a computer that's over a decade old. 

The identities of the slow-building number of members - including singers, musicians, poets, authors and visual artists from around the nation - are kept anonymous, each member favoring an alias. 

The sound focuses on texture and amateur/crude recording techniques, and most flaws are kept in the mixes. Keyboards and computer effects are used minimally in favor of no-frills beat sequencing, manually manipulated stringed instruments and stompboxes.

Since 2008, this Minneapolis-based septet has been making collective, collaborative music built on vivid and eclectic extremes—a sultry vocal on a clever tune, or a sweeping classical gesture followed by sounds that echo the low dark muttering of those who live secretly.  In addition to their three studio albums, they also write and perform live original scores for film and theater projects, including both classic silent movies and modern abstract pieces by contemporary filmmakers and video artists.  Orchestrated by a variety of instruments including cello, accordion, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, upright bass, mandolin, banjo, vocals; The Poor Nobodys perform locally and tour regionally.

Working with cinematic images has been a natural fit, as their patient and contemplative songs leave time and room enough for a listener to take an imaginative trek across a changing countryside; and scoring for the dramatic images of silent film has influenced the evolution of their sound, leading to bolder choices and a deeper sense of where both playful irony and soulfulness can go.

Available June 11th! Pre-order on iTunes!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/southeastern/id644761037?uo=4

purchase "magic," our new full length LP, on itunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1401688764?app=itunes

US booking: booking@tinydeaths.com
UK/EU booking: faye@primarytalent.com 
other inquiries: mgmt@tinydeaths.com

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