Hem - Eveningland
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Artist: HemEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- The Fire Thief
- Lucky
- Receiver
- Redwing
- My Father?s Waltz
- Hollow
- A-Hunting We Will Go
- An Easy One
- Strays
- Cincinnati Traveler
- Jackson
- Dance with Me
- The Beautiful Sea
- Eveningland
- Pacific Street
- Carry Me Home
Free Music Notes for Eveningland
Free Music Review: Too on-the-nose, a bit of a letdown
Hit: 3 Stars
A great deal of the charm and mystique of Hem's first album was how new and undefinable their chamber-folk sound was... Well, I guess it is hard to pull the same trick twice, so it's little surprise that what was at first an act of magic would inevitably become mere technique. On the first album, the music was everything, and the lyrics were cryptic and beguiling; here, that formula is reversed. Now the music is ornamental, played entirely in the service of Sally Ellyson's vocals, and the songs are all terribly on-the-nose, with nakedly inspirational, reassuring lyrics and conventional song structure, in which the intent and messages are perhaps overly clear. The music is still pretty, but it isn't mystifying. And some songs, like their slow-drone cover version of Johnny and June Carter Cash's "Jackson," just seem downright gimmicky and misguided. Most fans will probably dig this record -- on the surface, it's the same sound -- but the subtlety seems lost. (Axton Blessendon, Jr.)
Eveningland Poster
As the eight-piece Brooklyn collective Hem releases their second full-length album, Eveningland, their reputation precedes them as one of the most distinctive and emotionally rewarding bands in American music. Hem's homespun blend of vintage Americana, country/folk and chamber music made its 2002 independently released debut Rabbit Songs a critical success, inviting musical and lyrical comparisons to everyone from Dusty Springfield to Randy Newman to Aaron Copland. On Eveningland, recorded during their brief tenure with the ill-fated Dreamworks label, the band shows how deeply they've matured as musicians and songwriters. Eveningland, produced by Mess? and guitarist Gary Maurer, updates the rustic charm of Rabbit Songs as references to bygone folk tunes give way to sonic touchstones from another classic era. "These songs have more of a relationship to the `60s and early `70s. We're all in love with that Countrypolitan sound," Mess? says reverently referring to! classics like Ray Charles' Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, and albums by Glen Campbell and even the Carpenters. Produced by Gary Maurer and Dan Messe.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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