Gabriel Kahane - The Ambassador

Release Date:04/14/2015;Notes:From Die Hard to the architecture of Richard Neutra and R.M. Schindler, from Blade Runner to the fiction of James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler, and from fires, riots, and earthquakes to the lives of so many Americans who have looked to Southern California as a panacea, Gabriel Kahane's The Ambassador is a portrait of Los Angeles through the lens of ten street addresses, one for each song. Available now on vinyl for the first time._x000D_ "One of the year's very best albums." - Rolling Stone_x000D_ "A sustained conjuring act." - The New York Times.;Track List:1. Black Garden (2673 Dundee Pl.);2. Bradbury (304 Broadway);3. Slumlord Crocodile (115 E. 3rd St.);4. Veda (1 Pierce Dr.);5. Empire Liquor Mart (9127 S. Figueroa St.);6. Musso Frank (6667 Hollywood Blvd.);7. Villains (4616 Dundee Dr.);8. Ambassador Hotel (3400 Wilshire Blvd.);9. Griffith Park (2800 E. Observatory Ave.);10. Union Station (800 N. Alameda St.)