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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...
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...
...told the instruments they have to work with and are also given a general idea of the kind of sound a particular song requires."Though the process does seem a little awkward, it helps us find some of the best composers on campus," says Michael T. Drake '08, the Band Vice President. "For anyone who has worked in the Music department or in musical theater, it's actually pretty manageable."While the separate comp process has been in place for many years, it was not always the way things were done.When Richard C. Brown '60 was involved in the Pudding...
...graduate school. My cousin Jack Gilpin, Class of ’73, read a section of it at Memorial Church this morning. As John Winthrop sat on board the ship Arbella in 1630, sailing across the Atlantic to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he wrote a charge to his band of settlers, a charter for their new beginnings. He offered what he considered “a compass to steer by” – a “model,” but not a set of explicit orders. Winthrop instead sought to focus his followers...
...this bipolarity often comes off as cliché. At times on “Widow City,” the Furnaces seem to remember that being original doesn’t need to be so obvious. The standout track, “Restorative Beer,” finds the band being intelligent in its playfulness. The chorus purposely drags out the many syllables in “restorative,” suggesting that the lyrics are—for once—purposely intended to not fit in with the musical phrasing in the background. The fact that the Fiery...