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Like their minimalist Teutonic predecessors, Couch keep it simple. The instrumentation is piano, bass, guitar, drums, with occasional subtle strings or horns. Piano parts often serve as second bass lines, guitars pluck high harmonic, and drums are generally satisfyingly Zeppelin-like. The real beauty of the album, though, comes from the strong melodies—every track is pretty, and “Everything on Traces” (“Alle auf Pause”) and the opening “Plan” are gorgeous. Song structures may be straightforward, but never boring. As great minimalists from Steve...
Like their minimalist Teutonic predecessors, Couch keep it simple. The instrumentation is piano, bass, guitar, drums, with occasional subtle strings or horns. Piano parts often serve as second bass lines, guitars pluck high harmonic, and drums are generally satisfyingly Zeppelin-like. The real beauty of the album, though, comes from the strong melodies—every track is pretty, and “Everything on Traces” (“Alle auf Pause”) and the opening “Plan” are gorgeous. Song structures may be straightforward, but never boring. As great minimalists from Steve...
Furthermore, the musical accompaniment in between scenes is excellent and worthy of praise. The orchestra, comprised of a guitar, a piano, a set of drums, a bass guitar and a violin, plays in a variety of styles, ranging from rock, to jazz and blues, to a Spanish tango—definitely the highlight of the show...
Occasionally Lemon Jelly’s sound becomes too Muzak, too effortless—like their name, too cloyingly easy to swallow. “Nervous Tension,” in particular, with its ceaseless pounding bass, is just plain dull. There’s always a tendency to doze off while listening to this album, which is not at all displeasing, but does not make for the most exciting music. But the simple keyboard melodies, looped around the urban beats and guitar riffs, lend a peculiar ambience to the entire album. It’s just a bit boring...
...Ookpik was an owl who carried away the souls of the dead on their final journey). “Girl From the North Country” is an example of music moving full circle. With the aid of guest musicians Jerry Douglas and James Hutchinson on dobro and bass, Altan gives its take on this 35-year-old Bob Dylan piece which was in turn partly inspired by a traditional song. Track seven packs all the clichés into the overlong title “Gusty’s Frolicks/Con Slip Jig/The Pretty Young Girls of Carrick/The Humours...