“There isn’t a note out of place anywhere, even though the band is adventurous and skews off in any direction imaginable within the arrangements of the songs. This is a wonderful album, full of great players playing like the best back-porch string ensemble one is likely to hear, and with Tornfelt’s vocals giving things a [...]
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The Avett Brothers: The Carpenter
Posted in Alt Rock, Alt-Country, Folk, Indie, Rock/Pop on Dec 18th, 2012
“[A]miable, quaint, mischievous, sad, and disarmingly sincere. …[A] relatively simple, country-folk record, albeit one with a college degree, and when it connects it hits that sweet spot between joy and despair that has served as the target for many a dusty brimmed singer/songwriter over the years. The Avett Brothers aren’t rewriting the book, they’re just [...]
“[T]he album unleashes a kind of churning, rumbling urgency in which intensity stands in for speed. Ornate but not wispy, these songs aren’t merely pretty; they also convey power that builds subtly. Sugaring Season waits until its closer, ‘Mystery,’ to really dial back to something entirely gentle and spare. When that song finally rolls around, [...]
Martha Wainwright: Come Home to Mama
Posted in Alt Rock, Folk Rock, Indie, Rock/Pop on Dec 1st, 2012
“Martha Wainwright is an artist who has absolutely no fear of emotional honesty, a quality that has long figured strongly in her work…and she has plenty to open up about on her fifth album. …Come Home to Mama isn’t always an easy or cheery listen, but anyone familiar with Martha Wainwright’s work knows not to [...]