Annuals - Such Fun
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Artist: AnnualsBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-10-07
Music Label: Red Int / Red Ink
Soundtracks:
- Confessor
- Hot Night Hounds
- Springtime
- Down The Mountain
- Always Do
- Talking
- Hardwood Floor
- Hair Don't Grow
- The Tape
- Blue Ridge
- Wake
Free Music Notes for Such Fun
Free Music Review: This burns hot like fire.
Hit: 5 Stars
I am coming to this record clean. I've never listened to Be He Me, and only picked this album up on a whim. The only expectation I had was to be moderately pleased, as I am with many young indie bands. I listen to their discs, enjoy them briefly, and put them in the pile of things to be remembered now and again.
Not this disc. I keep getting chills as I find new things to enjoy here. Confessor is a great way to start the disc out--poppy, melodic, and compelling with a great vocal and a fantastic mood establisher. The opening minor chords then slide into an almost upbeat groove with a languid 70's guitar in the background...then an Eric Matthews like chord change and drum fill takes over...then a multilayered vocal comes in sweeping through like rain on a mountain...and this is just in the first song! Invention is everywhere.
This sense of innovation, invention, and sheer fun pervade the entire record. Just when I got comfortable with the sophisticated production, Down the Mountain comes on with its goofy beats backed with an almost Johnny Marr like guitar delicacy..oh, but wait, power chords jump in and cover over the delicacy...oh, then a crazy country fiddle pops up for a rollick.
My entire first several listens had my head spinning, not knowing what was coming next. But whatever came, I kept on enjoying it. Soon, I just gave myself over to these guys, not having a clue where they would be taking me, but knowing that I was going to love it as it happened.
I think that this album will appeal to folks who are adventurous in their musical tastes, who enjoy sophisti-pop like the above mentioned Eric Matthews, but also have a soft spot for the Beta Band's best moments of invention, for those who remember with a religious fervor the first time you heard Badly Drawn Boy's Hour of the Bewilderbeast, for those who are constantly amazed by Beck. I don't think this band sounds that much like any of these folks, but all of them were pioneers in their own way, busting through expectations and lifting the listener to something beyond.
Excuse me, I have to go buy Be He Me.
Such Fun Poster
Track Listings:1. Confessor 2. Hot Night Hounds 3. Springtime 4. Down The Mountain 5. Always Do 6. Talking 7. Hardwood Floor 8. Hair Don't Grow 9. The Tape 10. Blue Ridge 11. WakeAlternative Rock Music CDs
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