Bahamas / Barchords
Album: | Barchords | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Bahamas | Added: | Mar 2012 | |
Label: | Brushfire Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2012-06-09 | Pull Date: | 2012-08-12 |
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Week Ending: | Aug 12 | Jun 24 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Apr 15, 2022: | Down the Rabbit Hole (rebroadcast from Apr 12, 2014)
Caught Me Thinking |
4. | Aug 22, 2017: | Waste FM
Okay, Alright, Im Alive |
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2. | Jan 09, 2019: | Goggles Optional
Lost In The Light |
5. | Jul 18, 2017: | Waste FM
Lost In The Light |
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3. | Jan 16, 2018: | Waste FM
Caught Me Thinking |
6. | Jan 17, 2017: | Waste FM
Lost In The Light |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2012-06-02
Reviewed 2012-06-02
Bahamas is a pseudonym for singer, songwriter, guitarist Afie Jurvanen from Toronto. He plays both acoustic & electric guitars, occasionally with a lot of reverb or fuzz, but always fairly gently. Songs are sometimes folkie, sometimes soft rock. He’s backed mainly just by bass and drums, with a couple female harmony singers on a few tracks.
No FCC issues.
1 ** Slow. Spare, folkie verses; soaring, melodic chorus. Female harmony is airy & light. (3:57)
2 * Mid-tempo. Happy, light pop. Vocal a bit like Jack Johnson. Bell-like & reverbed guitar. (3:00)
3 Very slow, very spare. Pleading, broken-hearted love song. Bit of drums with brushes. (2:41)
4 Mid-tempo. Bright sounding telling-her-off song. Good guitar work. (2:58)
5 Slow. Jangly guitar strumming. Dreadfully depressed & depressing vocal. (4:31)
6 * Very slow. Starts simply, then adds layers. Quite beautiful in its loneliness & starkness. (4:26)
7 * Mid-slow. Ironic, cute love song. Harry Nilsson-like voice, slightly twangy guitar. (2:47)
8 Mid-tempo. Cutesy love song to pregnant wife. Breathy singing. Acoustic guitar picking. (1:03)
9 Very slow. Miserable, down-and-out, pining for his girl. (3:01)
10 ** Slow, sad intro. Then mid-tempo soft-rock with twangy guitars & good female harmony. (3:53)
11 Slow. Good acoustic guitar. Breathy singing. Underwhelming. (3:12)
12 * Slow. Another sad love song. Sung falsetto. Nicely layered guitars & piano. (3:47)
No FCC issues.
1 ** Slow. Spare, folkie verses; soaring, melodic chorus. Female harmony is airy & light. (3:57)
2 * Mid-tempo. Happy, light pop. Vocal a bit like Jack Johnson. Bell-like & reverbed guitar. (3:00)
3 Very slow, very spare. Pleading, broken-hearted love song. Bit of drums with brushes. (2:41)
4 Mid-tempo. Bright sounding telling-her-off song. Good guitar work. (2:58)
5 Slow. Jangly guitar strumming. Dreadfully depressed & depressing vocal. (4:31)
6 * Very slow. Starts simply, then adds layers. Quite beautiful in its loneliness & starkness. (4:26)
7 * Mid-slow. Ironic, cute love song. Harry Nilsson-like voice, slightly twangy guitar. (2:47)
8 Mid-tempo. Cutesy love song to pregnant wife. Breathy singing. Acoustic guitar picking. (1:03)
9 Very slow. Miserable, down-and-out, pining for his girl. (3:01)
10 ** Slow, sad intro. Then mid-tempo soft-rock with twangy guitars & good female harmony. (3:53)
11 Slow. Good acoustic guitar. Breathy singing. Underwhelming. (3:12)
12 * Slow. Another sad love song. Sung falsetto. Nicely layered guitars & piano. (3:47)
Track Listing
1. | Lost In The Light | 7. | I Got You Babe | |||
2. | Caught Me Thinking | 8. | Any Other Way | |||
3. | Montreal | 9. | Snowplow | |||
4. | Okay, Alright, Im Alive | 10. | Your Sweet Touch | |||
5. | Never Again | 11. | Time And Time Again | |||
6. | Overjoyed | 12. | Be My Witness |