Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
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Artist: Grizzly BearEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-09-05
Music Label: Warp Records
Soundtracks:
- Easier
- Lullabye
- Knife
- Central And Remonte
- Little Brother
- Plans
- Marla
- On A Neck, On A Spit
- Reprise
- Colorado
Free Music Notes for Yellow House
Free Music Review: Grandmothers House
Hit: 5 Stars
The majority of this album (with the exception of 3 songs) has that nostalgic feel to it, almost as if you were taken back to the past to a better time, when visiting your relatives and cousins was something to really get excited about, when everyone was around, and everyone was in good health and in the best of spirits. When your mindset was totally free of negativity. When the only thing on your mind was going outside to play, all day until sunset.
What i feel when listening to this cannot really be described though, it's just one of those albums you feel on a deeply personal level. The opening piano of "Easier" sounds like something you would hear off of a really old record, and it being danced to by some old people.
"On a Neck On a Spit", what an intro, guitars seamlessly blend into one other creating an opening of epic proportions. The song goes on a journey down memory lane with some very nice guitar work and building into psychedelic folk freak out which in my mind can really only be compared to a slightly toned down version of animal collective. He's not violently shreaking, but his voice progressively gets louder. 5/5
"Lullabye" is a lullabye at first, but then develops into an amazing jam complete with so many wailing instruments it will make your head spin. In the midst of the madness: "chin up, cheer up, chin up, cheer up, chin up over and over until you are convinced that the best thing is to keep your head up through it all "my loves another kind" he says as the song closes out. Incredible song. 5/5
"Knife" has a dab of Beach Boys. such a smooth, laid back little ditty. the type of song you'd want to play at night speeding down a country road with the windows down. A clear your mind type of tune. 5/5
when i hear "Little Brother" i am reminded of Elliott Smith guitar, very dynamic, methodical type of playing. Beautiful ending with some birds chirping in the background 4.5/5
"Marla" starts out really creepy and haunting, and engulfed in darkness. It breaks through and sees the light at about the 1:53 mark, turns creepy again for awhile. A slower song, with some weird "yelps" in the background, almost as if you were stuck in a dark winter forest and you heard wolves in the distance.
"Reprise" wields a banjo, and echoes the sentiments of lullabye with "my loves another kind" some nice work here.
"Colorado" perhaps the best out of the bunch, reminds me of being on a snow capped mountain, or in the wilderness. the song starts to reach a climax, where everything blends together perfectly and the question is asked, "what now?" Almost as if he is removed completely from everything and doesn't know what to do. Such a beautiful tragedy, lol sounds like an emo band, but it's anything but. 6/5
With the exception of two or 3 songs, this album is perfect. It's such a diverse collection of sounds and it takes awhile for it's beauty and charm to sink in. Colorado will hit immediately, some of the rest might take some time. I listen to the songs almost daily, because they each have so much to offer in terms of instruments and sound to fill your mind. It's great to fall asleep to, to reflect on, to cheer you up, or to jam out to. i'll give it 5 stars just because the highs outweigh the lows by a lot.
Yellow House Poster
It's a rare thing to find a band that counts the glockenspiel, autoharp, banjo, and flute as key instruments, especially when it's a rock band with just four members. Grizzly Bear use all the above instruments plus another dozen or so to make the 10 floating, gossamer, low-lit tunes that comprise Yellow House. They are rounded edges, off-kilter waltzes ("Lullabye," which teeters tipsily), laconic vignettes, and even a vintage 1930s waltz written by singer Edward Droste's great-aunt. The meshwork here is Grizzly Bear's smarts, a banjo lending fleeting rhythmic hints to a guitar-picked melody ("Reprise"), a haunted piano filling the sonic air with smoke. All four members sing duskily and softly, making a slow-going atmosphere that would delight the great composer Morton Feldman. The brilliance here is that every song mesmerizes, not with aural dominance but with an atmospheric magnetism. --Andrew Bartlett"Magical, haunting melodies are Grizzly Bear's mainstay. A band that won't jilt you; they always craft their songs from start to finish--and meticulous instrumentation and arrangements are their specialty. On "Yellow House", Grizzly Bear still flexes its lo-fi connoisseurship, but with a better recording--still totally DIY, now embellished with fine sonic engineering."
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