Port O'brien / Wind And The Swell, The
Album: | Wind And The Swell, The | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Port O'brien | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
Label: | American Dust |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2007-11-25 | Pull Date: | 2008-01-27 |
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Week Ending: | Jan 20 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 2 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Dec 02, 2008: | MusicTime!
I Woke Up Today |
4. | Feb 26, 2008: | At Your Local Dive (Noisepop Special!)
I Woke Up Today |
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2. | Nov 18, 2008: | MusicTime!
I Woke Up Today |
5. | Jan 29, 2008: | At Your Local Dive
Tree Bones |
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3. | Sep 18, 2008: | At Your Local Dive
I Won't Look Back |
6. | Jan 29, 2008: | I once was Canadian
I Woke Up Today |
Album Review
canuck
Reviewed 2007-11-19
Reviewed 2007-11-19
(sometimes) LOCAL. Seafaring, sometimes gang-vocalled modern folk songs from this Oakland/ Alaska group. The main songwriter and some of the rest of the band spends his summers working in the fishing industry in Alaska, so seafaring themes aren't uncommon. There's a medium-to-lo-fi aesthetic. The point of comparison I hear most clearly is Hayden. This is a collection of previous (and out-of-print) EPs.
-Adrian
My picks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 FCC: 2
1. I love this song. Wild gang vocals over darkish guitar and simple percussion.
2. FCC ("fuck" with 0:27 remaining) mid-tempo, back-beat strummed guitar. doubled vocals.
3. med-slow. guitar with a light background drum kit.
4. med-slow. picked and strummed guitars with shakers. f lead vox.
5. med-slow. guitar and vocals, drums later. nice main riff and chorus.
6. slow. starts with random percussion. minor guitar and gang vocals, clapping and whistling.
7. med-slow. banjo and guitar. far-off gang vocals.
8. slow. strummed guitar and gang vocals.
9. med-slow. strummed guitars, light snare drum, vocals.
10. med-slow. soft guitar. strained vocals. gang vocals later on.
11. mid-tempo. nice song with just guitar and vocals till drums come in about 2/3 the way through.
12. version of 1 that is med-slow and subdued.
-Adrian
My picks: 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 FCC: 2
1. I love this song. Wild gang vocals over darkish guitar and simple percussion.
2. FCC ("fuck" with 0:27 remaining) mid-tempo, back-beat strummed guitar. doubled vocals.
3. med-slow. guitar with a light background drum kit.
4. med-slow. picked and strummed guitars with shakers. f lead vox.
5. med-slow. guitar and vocals, drums later. nice main riff and chorus.
6. slow. starts with random percussion. minor guitar and gang vocals, clapping and whistling.
7. med-slow. banjo and guitar. far-off gang vocals.
8. slow. strummed guitar and gang vocals.
9. med-slow. strummed guitars, light snare drum, vocals.
10. med-slow. soft guitar. strained vocals. gang vocals later on.
11. mid-tempo. nice song with just guitar and vocals till drums come in about 2/3 the way through.
12. version of 1 that is med-slow and subdued.
Track Listing
1. | I Woke Up Today | 7. | A Bird Flies By | |||
2. | My Eyes Won't Shut | 8. | A Branch Of You And Me | |||
3. | A Puffin | 9. | Anchor | |||
4. | Tree Bones | 10. | Rest My Head | |||
5. | I Won't Look Back | 11. | Five And Dime | |||
6. | Split | 12. | Simple Way |