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The M/F Thread 2009: The Quickening
JD:
Alessi's Ark - Notes From The Treehouse[2009]
--- Quote from: BBC ---Equal measures Morcheeba, Corinne Bailey-Rae, Laura Marling and Bat For Lashes: enter London singer/guitarist Alessi Laurent-Marke and her whimsical lounge LP Notes From The Treehouse.
Breathy, folky, dreamy, pretty music bursts out of your speakers as 18-year-old Alessi begins with Magic Weather. Its peculiar lyrics, feathery harp and Alessi's impish melodies are the perfect introduction to this quirky acoustic star.
The Horse continues with the fairytale theme: just 2.14 minutes short, it may end abruptly but the message of unavailable love is delivered sweetly.
Sweeter still is Over The Hill with its simple ''I love you'' hook, layered guitars and wispy hints of adultery: ''It's just a shame that from the very beginning you’ve always been her man''.
It is at this point that you realise this cutesy-sounding, buttery bringer of folk fairytales isn't so angelic as she seems. Puppy dog eyes, yes, but don't all mistresses flutter those?
Still, older-than-her-years Alessi excels when coupling these gripping tales with her eccentric vocal and happy-go-lucky melodies. Venture too far to the left, however, and quirky becomes try-hard.
Constellations, for instance, aptly floats off into outer space; lost on many mere mortals. The Asteroids Collide - with its Bjork tribute band vibe - is also way too weird for the average ear.
Still, these cuts are in the minority and are easily outshone by a plethora of gorgeous melodies (Hummingbird, in particular, haunts and excites). What Alessi's Ark has achieved with Notes From The Treehouse is an accessible, magic box of acoustic tricks for that all-important wider audience.
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Over The Hill
The Horse
Herspace
pulpfiction21:
So this was posted towards the beginning of the year but I am going to re-post it for three reasons:
(1) The original post link is no longer valid.
(2) The first time it was posted, it was done by a user whose only post was this album and therefore probably didn't catch much attention.
(3) It is an amazing album.
The National Lights - The Dead Will Walk, Dear (2007)
Genre: Folk with very dark lyrics
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--- Quote ---"THE NATIONAL LIGHTS explore the graceful, folky traditionalism of acts like Iron & Wine and Sufjan Stevens, but behind their quiet sound lies more sinister subject matter: obsessive love, jealousy and a killing. Songwriter Jacob Thomas Berns writes songs about small American towns, rivers and fields and falling in love, but his towns hide secrets, the landscape hides graves."
"The Dead Will Walk, Dear is a hushed, beautiful song cycle that, upon close listen, is actually a disturbing series of songs about a river and some girls who have been killed and dumped into it. Yeah, old fashioned murder ballads cleverly disguised as songs of love lost. Songwriter Jacob Berns may sound innocent enough, but the dude’s got a serious dark side."
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And check out the pitchfork review, makes me love it even more.
--- Quote ---Sick, sick, sick. That's what this album is. Oh sure, it sounds pretty, with its gentle, mostly acoustic arrangements, whispery vocals, and other folkish whatnot, but wait a second. All those references to grinding bones and eating flesh and burying things aren't metaphors or poetic turns of phrase-- they're actually about killing people, eating them, and burying them. Songwriter and principle vocalist Jacob Thomas Berns sounds musically well adjusted, but I get the feeling he was the kid who worried his eight grade English teacher with disturbing journal entries about sexual violence and cold-blooded murder.
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See the rest of the review
FidelityCastro:
Dude, that P4K review wasn't kidding. That Jacob Berns is one sick fuck.
JD:
Shall download it when I get home
godspeed:
Fucking love that album. Southern goth maybe? awesome
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