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Risking sentimentality
KharBevNor:
Though he's a bit glum, try :Of the Wand and the Moon:, very nice guitar-and-voice driven neo-folk. Recommended albums "Emptiness:Emptiness:Emtpiness" or "Night-time Nightrhymes" Also, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, who are a finnish folk rock band with tinges of mainstream Finnish symphonic metal a la Sonata Arctica, though as all their lyrics are in Finnish you might not be able to appreciate them so much. Recommended album 'Lopunajan Merkit'.
Those are two more offbeat artists I can pick from my collection that seem to pretty much fit what you're looking for
daviesmatt:
Also, Opeth - Damnation.
Not death metal, just awesome.
jus:
--- Quote from: Druid ---What do you consider less presumptuous music because to me it sounds like you're looking for something that isn't hair metal. o_0
Are you looking for just acoustic stuff?
Cat Power. She fits into the mold of what has been suggested so far, and Joseph Aurthur.
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I haven't checked out all the bands in this thread yet, but the one's I have so far more or less fit the mold (once again, damn you low quality Amazon streaming audio). I really like Iron & Wine, before this, all I'd heard from them was their cover of "Such Great Heights."
I suppose the more you say the less clear what you're saying becomes. To sum it up briefly, I'm not necessarily looking for acoustic tracks. I'm on a quest for honest music of the somewhat sentimental variety.
I'm going to try to find Khar's recommendations somewhere when I get out of class (in my uni's computer lab right now). I love music in languages I don't understand (no sarcasm intended).
Robbo:
You might also like Ulver's Kveldssanger album as well. Just all acoustic Norwegian Folk music.
I'm pimp Damnation, but it's so Porcupine Tree like it might make his head explode from being to busy. As everything else here seems to be stripped down acoustic music.
OtterErotic:
I really love The Microphones' It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water because it is really intimate and "honest" and still really sonically interesting and, at times, grandiose.
I also think Xiu Xiu is one of the most direct and emotional bands in the world, but I recognize that most people probably won't agree with me on that.
As a rule, I have a ton of respect for artists who try to make "intimate" music that isn't just dude/lady-with-acoustic-guitar.
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