| Houghton, Beth Jeans & The Hooves Of Destiny / Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose |
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| Album: | Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Houghton, Beth Jeans & The Hooves Of Destiny | Added: | Mar 2012 | |
| Label: | Mute Artists Limited | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-04-29 | Pull Date: | 2012-07-01 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 3 | May 13 | May 6 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 23, 2015: | Mountain Music Sweet Tooth Bird | 4. | Jan 04, 2013: | New and Old Sweet Tooth Bird | |
| 2. | Jul 10, 2014: | Binders Full of Sopranos Sweet Tooth Bird | 5. | May 29, 2012: | meow Humble Digs | |
| 3. | Apr 24, 2014: | The Peninsula Sings Humble Digs | 6. | May 11, 2012: | Peninsula Report Sweet Tooth Bird |
| Album Review |
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| Eliza Ridgeway Reviewed 2012-04-20 | ||
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An English singer-songwriter backed by a band, the group swings from angelic to darker carnivalesque. Houghton might be folk, or anti-folk. Very interesting female vocals, intriguing lyrics. If you like Nico, Vashti Bunyan, Joni Mitchell, Laura Marling, you’ll only have scratched the surface. Add a little Florence & The Machine, Judy Collins, Kate Bush or... Tori Amos, juiced up by collaboration? Other reviewers have described a “cosmic folk cloud” from the Hooves, and there is definitely a psychedelic edge here, blanketed by awesomeoness. A must-listen. Every track is good, although 10 requires a vigilant hand due to FCCs. I have this crazy feeling while listening in which I think of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. That may just be me. Favorite tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 10 FCC warning: final track (10) “Fuck Off” **1. Sweet Tooth Bird: great lyrics. Female vocals, sweeping momentum, trumpet, drums, something of an epic feel. Not your typical folk. Almost a grander fairy tale edge, but not in a saccharine sense at all. *2. Huskier, smokier vocals. More intimate feel. Chorus at 1:23 brings more of the sweeping scope back in. Hint of banjo! Drum + banjo modernist folk. 3. Soft, a wee bit more girly but still has plenty of drive. “These gold demons, may they take flight.” 4. Great lyrics 5. Harpsichord! *6. Echoey, older-school folk. Has a hint of a Celtic style, Judy Collins, guitars. Plucking on a violin or the equivalent. *7. Driving, sunny folk+. Versatile, up-tempo. 8. Joni Mitchell type, stripped down piano and vocals to start 9. More of a percussive beat, some electric guitar **FCC WARNING: 10: piano/harpisochord, layered female vocals, up-beat, creepy gnome laughter in the background? orchestral strings, super fun hooting harmony with a dingle-y fairground edge of spookiness. Carefull playing would work on this track -- first half is FCC safe but then.... At 2:40, a long period of silence and is followed by: hidden bonus track! Much harder-edged, electric guitars, clapping, and copious use of “Fuck Off.” | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Sweet Tooth Bird | 6. | The Barely Skinny Bone Tree | |||
| 2. | Humble Digs | 7. | Liliputt | |||
| 3. | Dodecahedron | 8. | Veins | |||
| 4. | Atlas | 9. | Franklin Benedict | |||
| 5. | Nightswimmer | 10. | Carousel |