Prince of Darkness Wrote:
I hope you don't hate this
Box of Baby Birds
Code:
http://www.mediafire.com/?37bdc5re6eid9dx
I didn't play on this album or the ensuing ep, but i did play on the ep after that, and he really knocks me out with his loving attention to detail in both writing and recording. Gary Calhoun James is no joke, at least in my book. If you like later Beatles psychedelia and with a folk pop Iron and Wine/Bon Iver sensibility, i think you'll dig this.
I dled pagan love and am digesting while i work. Sounds like Ben Hur meets West Side Story over a plate of spaghetti ala Lady and the Tramp at a Tiki bar on Gilligan's Island so far. I'll write something real after I listen more than a few times. I do love the tones they got on the orchestra. Recordings just don't sound like that anymore.
I really, REALLY want to give this one a scathing review. Honestly. As someone who used to write music reviews, I always found the terrible albums much more interesting to write up. Not to mention I find it more entertaining to read.
But I digress. Because for better or worse, Box of Baby Birds is none of that. Instead, this is a remarkably solid exercise in indie folk-pop. Vocal harmonies weave in-and-out of densely texture acoustic guitar and violin.
Actually, the description is one of those things which sounds like something I would probably be lukewarm towards--but as with all things genre descriptors doesn't
really comment on what really makes or breaks an album: songwriting. Here the songwriting shines and makes each song engaging, creating a sonic journey from beginning to end.
I actually want to legally download this, so I can listen guilt-free.
http://boxofbabybirds.com/album/box-of-baby-birds
