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Halfway through the album, Band of Horses takes their best shot at compromising between their two conflicting sounds. “The General Specific” takes their songwriting ability and applies it to a barn-burning beat. Even Bridwell seems to be having more fun, taking more risks with his voice...
...album closes out with the tracks “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands” and “Window Blues.” The former is angsty and Oasis-like, and it’s probably the album’s most redeeming track. The latter is beautiful in its own right, but in the larger context of the album, it’s just more back-porch country-blues. Still, it ends the record nicely, serving as a perfect soundtrack for the album cover: a half moon hanging over still water...
This isn’t an album to write off. With plenty of water and sunshine, it may be a grower. The country sound might be jarring for the group’s more indie fans, but maybe they’ll give them a break. Band of Horses doesn’t deserve the glue factory...
...into the same Eastern Invasion category as Gogol Bordello, simply because both bands cited gypsy influences. However, Beirut eschews Bordello’s hedonism and registers as a slightly more ethnic Neutral Milk Hotel. “The Flying Club Cup,” Beirut’s second album, seeks inspiration further west of their old sonic haunts and finds it in France. The influence is evident, superficially in the pretentious Francophone chatter at the beginning of songs, the French song titles on eight of the album’s 13 tracks, and in the use of accordion...
...mind listening to seven-minute songs with two tempo changes in the first sixty seconds. When the Furnaces sang lyrics demanding that they notarize my will, I thought they were actually kind of brilliant. Now, I want them just to write a song I actually like. On their sixth album, “Widow City,” the brother-sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger continue their brand of bluesy, loosely constructed indie, going to town with the various instruments Matthew has managed to find (this includes a Chamberlin). According to the website of their new label, Thrill...