 |  | Can't Begin to say how much I enjoy this album |  |
This album has been in heavy rotation on my iPod now for months. It's a great set of songs with a dreamy indie-rock sound along the lines of Built To Spill or My Morning Jacket. There's a bit of a 70's revivalist sound going on here too, with guitar driven melodies and 70's rock influences throughout, but that only make me like it more. The opening song "Ghost in My House" is one of my favorite songs in recent years by any band. I can't put my finger on why I enjoy this album so much, but it's enough just to know I do.
June 26, 2008 | | Lyrically naive and a guitar driven Supertramp sound. | |
Much like Supertramp...I thought they were good musicians and decent vocalists. Lyrically, to me, there is nothing new here. There is the usual post-Nirvana slamming over the head with cymbals and driving digitized guitar tones that try to convince us that they have balls. They don't. The vocalist is effective but, he reminds me so much of Roger Hodgson from early-Supertramp, that I can't get past it.
I really, really, wanted to enjoy this CD. (Still do). Maybe it will grow on me. But for now, I'm not into it at all.
I've heard it all before. In so many places and arenas.
June 24, 2008| | | late 70's /80's mainstream rock... | |
This is EXACTLY the same thing as REO Speedwagon -- except with beards and an updated fashion sense. This is not 'indie' in any sense of the word, it is mainstream in every way. The best thing about B0H tour was that they brought Cass McCombs and Band on several U.S. dates. Band of Horses aren't evil or anything, just not particularly interesting, either.
June 14, 2008First up I'm not a huge indie rock fan...I'm not even sure what the definition of indie rock is other than you can't be on a major record label. Anyway, to the review. This is an excellent CD. Most of the tunes are slow or mid-tempo but that's cool. Songs like "Is There a Ghost" and "No Ones Gonna Love You" have a haunting, dreamlike quality to them. "The General Specific" sounds like backporch bluegrass. "Marry Song" is a nice bluesy number. "Window Blues" is just a flat out beautiful ballad. All in all a very solid release.
May 29, 2008 | | Best band you've never heard of! | |
I found this band listening to Sirius Ch 18 The Spectrum and heard No One's Gonna Love You. I listen to so much music it's a complete thrill to come across a band you've never heard of. The song was awesome. I took a leap and bought the CD and was transported back nearly 20 years to when you got a cassette full of really great songs and could listen to the first song on side 1 and continue all the way through the last song on side 2. Great CD by a great band. Can't wait to listen to what they have planned next!
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