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They may not actually save your soul, but the Soulsavers (MySpace) - an English production and remix team comprised of members Rich Machin and Ian Glover - do have a spiritual (though not so spiritual agnostics, like this Phillyist, can't enjoy it) new album out now (It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land, their second) which will at least entertain you, and they're coming to the mighty North Star tonight to...

Tonight at World Cafe Live you can catch a performance by two former members of other bands who've joined together to form a mellow, bland, vaguely countrified folk rock outfit. We're talking about Isobel Campbell from Belle & Sebastian and Mark Lanegan from Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age. They're on tour behind their new album Ballad of the Broken Seas, which was released a week ago. Phillyist has to admit we found the disc a bit boring. It certainly has atmosphere - old, whispery, shadowy, smokey atmosphere. And ocassionally it gets a bit menacing, which is interesting. But generally it's all in a low key, and not particularly imaginative; it makes us want to go to sleep, and we prefer music that wakes us up. Like say, just as an example, Queens of the Stone Age. But if you're a big fan of these folks, or you really enjoy somnolent folk rock, then by all means head on down to the World Cafe Live tonight.