Okay obnerites... what can you tell me about this band "Guillemots"??

I haven't heard anything by them, but they are garnering some positive reviews here, in Canada.

RIYLs??

Anyone hear anyting by them??

Cheers,

Bill

They're alright -- nothing spectacular. Album is an easy listen, though, I was disappointed in their live performance.

I realize it's difficult to compare one band's sound to another's, but who do they sound like?? A bit of this & a bit of that??

Thanks,
Bill

I like them a lot. Probably some RIYL touchstones would be Arcade Fire and Decemberists, but with the intent of producing a complex and emotionally diverse soundscape on the level of Zombies and Beatles seminal albums. Maybe Van Dyke Parks meets Neutral Milk Hotel. Dangerfield doesn't have a strong enough singing voice to truly carry that off, and some tracks are more about conceptual drama than "songs,"but still one of my favorites of the year.

Like the EP a little bit better, but the album's great, too.

I thought I was going to like "from the cliffs" based on the the same sense of Frosted's riyl, but it did not hit right for me. I tried a few times. I even caught an interview by happenstance over the radio and they sounded great acoustically and friendly in conversation; it still got me nowhere closer to liking them via the EP.

All due respect to you Frosted, I tried.

"We're Here" is an incredible single, but the album overall is a let down for me.

RIYL Queen ballads

It's on the Wood if you want to sample, bill.

I like their latest quite a bit (better than their previous album), Bill. It may or may not end up in my top 10 of the year. IIRC, I owe you something, so if you want a listen, let me know.

since red hasn't chimed in, i'll say for us that they are by far the worst live band we've seen this year. i haven't even been able to listen to them since that show. i thought they were pretty good before then. "trains to brazil" was getting a lot of play in my home, but has been absent from playlists since then. it's unfortunate how 20 minutes can leave such a sour feeling.

From what I've heard, they're not really my thing. I think Aural hit it on the head...althought I haven't seen them live, so I can't comment on that.

I've said this before, but I don't understand how a sucky live perfomance can sour a person on a studio album.

But then I'm not in a situation to get to a lot of concerts.

Simply put, the EP and albums are not live recordings.

So, I don't get it.

i'm usually not the type to let it bother me, but they were just so disjointed and awkward live. every song sounded just a bit off. and when i went back to listen to them the next week (i lied, i have listened to them since), all i heard was what made them disjointed and awkward. i heard the gimmicky instruments and the lack of structure then.

Well, I guess if it's a person's first hearing of a band it can sour the desire to hear anything more.

I don't have that problem since I'm not in a concert-packed region at all.

i have to say this might be the most dissapointing album of the year for me. that's not to say it's bad in any way, but their singles that preceded the album are so incredible (trains to brazil is still the best song i've heard in years), and they still shine on the album, but the rest of the songs are just kinda there.
i'm so bad at the RIYL game, and these guys are really difficult to pin down...but the album is definitely worth a listen. i'm just sad because it could've easily been top 10 material if they could've matched the "awesomeness" of the singles.

New solo album from the singer of the Guillemots!

Following Guillemots 2008 album ‘Red’, mercurial singer-songwriter Fyfe
Dangerfield has used the window of time created to spread his wings and
lovingly record his beautiful debut solo album ‘Fly Yellow Moon’,.

‘Fly Yellow Moon’ is written entirely by Fyfe and produced by Adam
Noble in Urchin Studios, London the same studios where Guillemots
recorded their first classic E.P. ‘I Saw Such Things In My Sleep’. The
10-track record startles from start to finish, magnificently eclectic,
warm and uplifting, haunting and melodic it sounds like a classic
upon its first listen.

Opening track ‘When You Walk In The Room’ (Free digitally track out
November 9th) strikes the perfect chord for the following nine sublime
tracks, capturing Fyfe’s truly remarkable voice, while flaunting his
daring, expansive and mystical songwriting.

The record flows with highlights including from the beautiful ‘So Brand
New’, the joyous ‘Faster Than The Setting Sun’ to the scintillating
‘She Needs Me’ (First single out January 11th) and the stunningly
reflective ‘Don’t Be Shy’.

Fyfe recorded the album in five days in what he describes as ‘the best
ever little studio’, which ended up being the happiest days he has ever
spent in studio land. The songs were written over a 12-month period in
snatched moments after soundchecks, before nights out, and after
moments of unmitigated lovestruck bliss.

He met up with Bernard Butler to mix a couple of songs (‘She Needs Me’,
‘Faster Than The Setting Sun’) on a 1960s-mixing desk to colour the
record in a different shade. The rest of the tracks remained just as
they were from their first recording session. “It often sounded best
this way, says Fyfe. “Capturing the moment they were recorded and not
being painted over too much.”

“A good time was had by all,” notes Fyfe, and we hope you do too!