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Portland, OR is starting to have an interesting roots scene. One of the signs of this is when you start to have bands mix and match performers. The Shook Twins’ current lineup features a woman named Anna Tivel. When the Twins played at the Triple Door recently, they performed a song from Tivel’s solo project – Anna and the Underbelly.The music on the disc is fitting for the region in which she hails. The music is mostly melancholy. It’s more of a Sunday morning album than a Saturday night party disc, especially because Anna’s strength is that of a lyricist. Her songs are filled with lines that intrigue and haunt. Sometimes it’s a line or two that stands out like “Rosy-Colored Skulls” intriguing contrast of the mystical and practical of, “If you’re lonesome, there’s a sky all full of stars/If you’re hungry, there’s always something buried in the backseat of our car” – although to be honest, almost any line or two from this song can catch your attention. It’s an amazing piece of lyrical work – or “Reservation Road”’s fascinating, “Sing the song your brother did the day that you were born.”