This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Former members of Washington punk bands Screaming Trees and Seaweed lead the beat farmers in Gardener.
But you won’t find any grunge riffs or angst-overdose lyrics on their album New Dawning Time. Like the title implies, vocalist Aaron Stauffer and guitarist Van Conner are hoeing a fertile new patch of land, digging up the roots of ’60s garage-rock and replanting them into a stark, raw crop of acoustic emotion. These organic, all-natural songs sound like they were penned in a cabin in the middle of nowhere — which they apparently were. Take it from me: It’ll grow on you.
