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It will take you a while to understand what your listening to when you first hit the play button on old Death Vessel.  At first, you may think arcing falsetto that shoots out over the top of “Jitterakadie” is a woman’s voice, but keep on listening, hear the emotional strain that very non-female

After months and months of spinning this album in my room I was finally able to put a face to the band. Sure, I had seen a few pictures of Joel Thibodeau, frontman and main songwriter of Death Vessel, but I desperately needed to put a face to that voice that continuously haunted the speakers on the floor next to my IKEA bed.

Before you rush that decision to evacuate for Ike, be sure to check out some of the killer shows going on this weekend.  Our first show to tell you about features a set by Sub Pop’s Death Vessel performing at the inside stage of Emo’s.  Tickets for this Friday night show can be had for $10 from

Death Vessel, Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us (Sup Pop, 2008) MP3: “Bruno’s Torso” Death Vessel is the alter-ego/one-man-band-with-several-rotating-players moniker of Providence singer songwriter Joel Thilbodeau.

New Wax What's with all these Americana and folk artists with names that sound more fitting for death metal bands? I think I'm going to start a bluegrass band named Bludgeoned Carcass. Death Vessel is actually the moniker for singer/songwriter Joel Thibodeau, who has long enough hair to be in a death metal band but actually creates a unique brand of psych-folk.

text: joshua bean / photos: lisa corson {sociotag} Buy It: Death Vessel Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us Death Vessel's newest is both intimate and epic. Intricate arrangements (33 instruments were played on the album) complement Thibodeau's unique alto.