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CHATHAM COUNTY LINE'S FOURTH

CHATHAM COUNTY LINE put the finishing touches on its fourth studio album Monday
afternoon, meeting with producer CHRIS STAMEY in Chapel Hill to finalize track
order and
to decide between including 12 or 13 tracks. Fiddle and mandolin player John
Teer
describes the album—titled either IV or Sweet Eviction—as a big move forward for
his
Raleigh quartet.

"There's a lot of sounds on this record," says Teer. "It's really different from
anything we've
done. It's us evolving."

Those sounds include an increasing pedal steel, piano and Hammond organ presence
from
upright bassist Greg Readling, as well as touches of electric guitar from
frontman Dave
Wilson. Another new sound for this record (set for release by Yep Roc on March
4) is
Caitlin Cary, who sings harmonies on two tracks and takes lead vocals for part
of another.
Wilson wrote 10 of the album's tracks, while Teer contributes what he describes
as a
classical piece for the mandolin, and banjo player Chandler Holt adds a banjo
instrumental
and a song for which he takes the lead.

The band will play several tunes from the album at its show at Cat's Cradle
Thursday, Oct.
25. It will be the band's last local appearance for some time: They'll be in
Norway backing
folk star JONAS FJELD until December; they'll then take a short break from
touring and
recording. The band's collaboration with Fjeld, Amerikabesøk, went Gold in
Norway and
sold through its initial run quickly. The album will be reissued by Sony-BMG in
time for
this latest spate of shows.