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
Week Ending: Aug 12 Jun 24
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
2. Jan 09, 2019: Goggles Optional
Lost In The Light
5. Jul 18, 2017: Waste FM
Lost In The Light
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
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)

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