Blog: Artificial Amnesiac

Poetry may be the only way to describe the music that couple, Reverend Thomas Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique make on their Self Titled release for Asthmatic Kitty. With the help of Sufjan Stevens, Welcome to the Welcome Wagon unlocks the doors of their sanctuary and invites the public in to be washed over with their simple hymns of love of God and each other. Pre-album, I picture these two around a fire place on a rug in a humble home or family gathering, with Vito strumming a swapmeet guitar and Monique tapping out time on the table, singing [...]

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