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Favorite Releases of the past Year?
Aziraphale:
I don't know. I find a lot of that sort of thing annoying (Mumford and Sons, for instance... Can't figure their popularity out for the life of me) or really derivative. It ends up sounding like someone listened to "Music from Big Pink" and decided they'd form a band right that minute. And I mean, I love The Band, but I prefer stuff that goes and does its own thing instead of retreading somebody else's thing over and over.
A_S00:
I mean, I think the Decemberists have a lot more going for them than Mumford and Sons. Better musicianship, Colin Meloy's lyrics are always clever and fun, they throw in some interesting and unexpected instruments once in a while, they have a well-honed faux-antiquated aesthetic thing going on thematically that works if you're into that.
They're not going to blow your mind with their originality if you've already listened to a lot of folksy indie pop. But I think they deserve better comparisons than Mumford and Sons, which is like actually the most derivative band in the world.
As for the new release, I found it worth a listen but nothing to write home about. Philomena did make me giggle a lot, though, because apparently I'm 12.
KingOfIreland:
Yeah, I'm mostly a fan of The Crane Wife and various of their earlier albums. If you're into folk it's nothing special as you have all mentioned, but to be honest, that isn't the point. It's the lyrical themes that really stand out to me. Colin Meloy has a talent for creating coherent worlds and/or visions of past lives that few can rival, to be honest.
That and he's basically a walking thesaurus.
Thrillho:
https://madcap156.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/review-2014-part-one/
My top releases of the year for 2014. I've still not written anything on my blog this year but I have a couple of posts in the pipeline at least.
Aziraphale:
--- Quote from: KingOfIreland on 07 Mar 2015, 04:44 ---Yeah, I'm mostly a fan of The Crane Wife and various of their earlier albums. If you're into folk it's nothing special as you have all mentioned, but to be honest, that isn't the point. It's the lyrical themes that really stand out to me. Colin Meloy has a talent for creating coherent worlds and/or visions of past lives that few can rival, to be honest.
That and he's basically a walking thesaurus.
--- End quote ---
I've seen a few Colin Meloy solo performances on YouTube since making that last post. I see what you mean about the songwriting (reminds me in that respect of Colin Hay -- even though I liked Men at Work, his solo stuff is a better showcase for his talent as a songwriter).
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