Surrounded

Buckner, Richard
Merge Records
General | Dec 2013

Reviews

Mister Esquire
Reviewed 2013-12-03
As Reviewed By Mister Esquire.

indie folk/dark electro singer-songwriter.
quiet, dark, subdued fare w/electronics.
doomy like Leonard.
MR. ESQ. SEZ; MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW.
FCC CLEAN.
RIYL: LEONARD COHEN, NICK DRAKE, ALL THEIR IMITATORS, ET AL.
PLAY: ANY/ALL/RANDOMEOW/GO COMEOWTOSE.

1. PURR-FECT II (TIE): pretty, doomy. Leonard.
2. odd glitchy begin. it's epic!
3. sad, galloping. forlorny.
4. ethereal organs. fiddles kick in. countryish.
5. sad, forlorny. quiet. softest so far.
6. PURR-FECT II (TIE):odd sounds, Eno-core begin. throbby undercurrent. foreboding, doomy folk.
7. pretty. very standard folk pop.
8. ethereal, languorous...
9. PURR-FECT: dark, wistful serpentine folk (epic)

Recent airplay

Surrounded
Grooving with DJ GuFeb 11, 2014
Surrounded
Grooving with DJ GuFeb 04, 2014
Lean To
second meeting (sub)Feb 04, 2014
When You Tell Me How It Is
Time TravelerJan 31, 2014
Surrounded
The Sunset LifeJan 30, 2014
When You Tell Me How It Is
Time TravelerJan 24, 2014

Charting

2013-12-05 — 2014-02-14
Week EndingAirplays
Feb 16 1
Feb 9 2
Feb 2 2
Jan 26 4
Jan 19 4
Jan 12 1
Jan 5 2
Dec 29 4

Track listing

1. Surrounded
2. When You Tell Me How It Is
3. Beautiful Question
4. Foundation
5. Portrait
6. Mood
7. Go
8. Cut
9. Lean To