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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Midlake (was Hi there from the new guy) |
| Date | Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:31:50 -0600 |
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While I wouldn't invoke C, S & N, I can see where others might. One other
thing -- the way that their words sometimes have this rustic and
mythological quality that is really cool -- from that standpoint, there's a
broadly common kinship with The Arcade Fire and The Decemberists -- they
also share a certain grandeur, though they are in no way as musically
forceful as either of those bands can be.
Mike Bennett
Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
Find out about Chicago shows:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/
>From: "Michael Curry" <mikecurry@hotmail.co.uk>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: Midlake (was Hi there from the new guy)
>Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:40:58 +0000
>
>Nicely put, Mike. I really love this album. Some reviewers have mentioned a
>Crosby, Stills & Nash vibe as well.
>
>Mike.
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>>One of the year's best albums. Beautiful, spacious and pastoral, the
>>album mixes folk rock basics >with melodic craft that, at times, reminds
>>me of top flight soft pop. The playing is warm, the >vocals are very
>>good, and the lyrics...they fit the music perfectly. At times, this
>>sounds like a '70s >album, but little things show that it's more modern
>>(like on the haunting "Young Bride", the bass >player sounds like he took
>>lessons from New Order's Peter Hook). Great stuff.
>
>>Mike Bennett
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>
>
>>From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>>To: audities@smoe.org
>>Subject: Re: Hi there from the new guy
>>Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:29:11 -0600
>>
>>One of the year's best albums. Beautiful, spacious and pastoral, the
>>album mixes folk rock basics with melodic craft that, at times, reminds me
>>of top flight soft pop. The playing is warm, the vocals are very good,
>>and the lyrics...they fit the music perfectly. At times, this sounds like
>>a '70s album, but little things show that it's more modern (like on the
>>haunting "Young Bride", the bass player sounds like he took lessons from
>>New Order's Peter Hook). Great stuff.
>>
>>Mike Bennett
>>
>>Blog: http://blog.myspace.com/mrhonorama
>>Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>>Find out about Chicago shows:
>>http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagopopshowreport/
>>
>>
>>>From: "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
>>>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>>>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>>>Subject: Re: Hi there from the new guy
>>>Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:46:17 -0500
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: <synthhtnys@comcast.net>
>>>>Midlake - The trials of Van Occupanther
>>>
>>>What's the deal on this one? The Smoking section guy in Rolling Stone
>>>raved about it.
>>>
>>>Welcome.
>>>
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