this is really good so far
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yea, it just keeps getting better for me too.
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Album Rating: 4.5
This album is simply fantastic. Could be his best.
It's too bad more people aren't on board with this band.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Definitely growing on me still.
I just uploaded my review, too.
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Album Rating: 4.5
"...the Family Tree trilogy is far too honest to write off as pretentious."
I was glad to hear you mention this. In all of Radical Face's work, there's something immediately likable about the tracks. These concept albums come natural to him, and his writing always seems genuine.
Did you check out Ghost yet?
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Album Rating: 4.5
I haven't yet, but that's next on my list. And I guess that's his most popular/well-known too. Does it have a similar style lyrically?
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Album Rating: 4.5
It's definitely not the same narrative style. Welcome Home is his most popular track, and it actually has a similar vibe, but a lot of the tracks are much more abstract and descriptive. Some of the descriptive phrases paint some amazing visuals in your head, but it's never really a straightforward story. It's more of a sensory experience, but I'm really into that.
Ben uses more modern instruments on Ghost, but the production is a bit better on The Family Tree albums. He's definitely finding his groove now in the toolshed.
Check out Welcome Home of course, along with:
Wrapped In Piano Strings
Let The River In
Winter Is Coming
Sleepwalking
You might get more of a Family Tree vibe from Glory.
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Yea, I've said it before.
You mean yeah*??? I know you say this in FB chat, but I mean, it's spelt the other way... or have I somehow missed an alternate spelling of such a common phrase?
far too honest to write off as pretentious.
I really do hate the word 'pretentious,' and it has everything to do with its connotation on this site. While I won't say it's necessary you change it, I do think it'd read more smoothly to say something like 'to write off for any of the above reasons.' Sums up the paragraph a bit more, I think
it's only fitting the follow-up should continue that successful method on The Branches.
More personal pref here, but would it make more sense to say "it's only fitting that its follow-up should..." ?? Up to you for shure
The sheer immensity and triumph of them is almost baffling given how similar the music is to its predecessor as the record, for the most part, is extremely similar in sound to The Roots.
Great sentence, just change up one of the 'similar' s in it to avoid redundancy.
but the music sticks to its Roots
OH SHYT. I think this joke would be better sans the capitalization.
That's about it! You have a great way of describing the album's sound while still maintaining the reader's interest-- the rest of this was great. Keep these things in mind, but remember they're only minor quibbles.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I'm ashamed to say I didn't know there was really a difference between "yea" and yeah." I always assumed it was just preference or habit, but that they were interchangeable. Thanks for making me aware of that.
With "pretentious," I was kinda addressing exactly your concern (or at least that was my intention); the fact that the word is overused and cliche on sputnik and that I myself have been caught using it too much.
ah, didn't notice I used "similar" twice. good catch.
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reminders is so good.
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Album Rating: 4.5
this album rules
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Album Rating: 4.5
Had you heard The Roots before this Klap?
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Album Rating: 3.8
The Gilded Hand is next level my lord
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Album Rating: 4.5
no the only record i'd heard of theirs was ghost and the electric president stuff which i've never really been a fan of. dled roots tho will listen after i get off this
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Album Rating: 3.8
what's the concept/theme/whatever? is there anything that runs through to this album from the last one that i need to know about? only listened to this one.
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Album Rating: 4.5
I mean, it isn't by any means necessary that you hear The Roots before this one, but the lyrics on this may hit a little harder if you're familiar with those on the Roots as there is an ongoing narrative to a degree.
And yeah the Gilded Hand is maybe the best song he's written.
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Man this dude is so consistent its actually getting scary. Roots was awesome, and so is this
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No surprise this is great
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fabulous
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Album Rating: 4.5
Continues to grow too
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