Let's Build A Fire
General
| Jan 2007
Reviews
canuck
Reviewed 2007-04-01
Reviewed 2007-04-01
Eclectic indie rock from this New York band. Typically male voiced. Some repeated interesting rhythms like you might hear in math rock. It’s hard to compare this to other bands because it’s quite varied. It’s impressive that an album this eclectic is good across the board.
-Adrian
My picks: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 FCC: Clean
1. slowish, old-timey sounding (like from a record) at the beginning. Organ, trumpet and voice. mid-way goes into normal production values. Guitars over the previous instruments
2. med-fast. rhythmic tapping and guitar. full band enters slowly. Stays soft and subdued till it gets suddenly loud with a little over a minute left.
3. starts w/ ambient (bird) sounds. Med-fast acoustic guitar and fuzz guitar. mix of subdued (acoustic guitar) and rock (fuzz and drums) except for a fully rock chorus
4. nice soft-strummed acoustic guitar song with reverby vocals. accordion and vibraphone in the middle. More instruments (strings, mandolin) as the song goes on.
5. upbeat pop with math-rocky rhythms. clapping! With female harmony vocals.
6. dreamy pop.hypnotic guitar and piano riffs.
7. medium-slow with guitar and glockenspiel and light drums. Breakdown in the middle and builds up.
8. med-fast. upbeat with falsetto vocals. nice banjo part midway through the song.
9. jaunty. Switching between bass and guitars. Off beat guitar parts. Steady drums. Disorienting. Settles into a steady rock song.
10. med-fast. upbeat acoustic guitar, vocals. vibes and light drums later.
11. fade-in intro. Vocals over a wall of rhythmic guitars, etc. sounds a little like MBV or maybe Bottom of the Hudson. Fake ending/ breakdown in the middle.
12. med-fast. down-beat rim clicks. Constant, but low-level guitars.
13. low-level droney sound. Reverby vocals. light, high piano and strong, low piano.
-Adrian
My picks: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 FCC: Clean
1. slowish, old-timey sounding (like from a record) at the beginning. Organ, trumpet and voice. mid-way goes into normal production values. Guitars over the previous instruments
2. med-fast. rhythmic tapping and guitar. full band enters slowly. Stays soft and subdued till it gets suddenly loud with a little over a minute left.
3. starts w/ ambient (bird) sounds. Med-fast acoustic guitar and fuzz guitar. mix of subdued (acoustic guitar) and rock (fuzz and drums) except for a fully rock chorus
4. nice soft-strummed acoustic guitar song with reverby vocals. accordion and vibraphone in the middle. More instruments (strings, mandolin) as the song goes on.
5. upbeat pop with math-rocky rhythms. clapping! With female harmony vocals.
6. dreamy pop.hypnotic guitar and piano riffs.
7. medium-slow with guitar and glockenspiel and light drums. Breakdown in the middle and builds up.
8. med-fast. upbeat with falsetto vocals. nice banjo part midway through the song.
9. jaunty. Switching between bass and guitars. Off beat guitar parts. Steady drums. Disorienting. Settles into a steady rock song.
10. med-fast. upbeat acoustic guitar, vocals. vibes and light drums later.
11. fade-in intro. Vocals over a wall of rhythmic guitars, etc. sounds a little like MBV or maybe Bottom of the Hudson. Fake ending/ breakdown in the middle.
12. med-fast. down-beat rim clicks. Constant, but low-level guitars.
13. low-level droney sound. Reverby vocals. light, high piano and strong, low piano.
Recent airplay
Leap Year
I once was Canadian — Mar 21, 2007
Ignoring All The Detours
Prego Means Please — Mar 20, 2007
Steal The Blueprints
the jewish alternative — Mar 16, 2007
The Important Thing Is To Love
Fiction Romance — Mar 15, 2007
Ignoring All The Detours
I once got Canadian radio — Feb 28, 2007
Let's Build A Fire
At the Cafe Canadian — Feb 27, 2007
Charting
2007-01-21 — 2007-03-25
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Mar 25 | 2 |
| Mar 18 | 2 |
| Mar 4 | 3 |
| Feb 25 | 1 |
| Feb 18 | 1 |
| Feb 11 | 1 |
| Jan 28 | 5 |
Track listing
| 1. | Let's Build A Fire | ||
| 2. | Fadeout | ||
| 3. | Steal The Blueprints | ||
| 4. | The Important Thing Is To Love | ||
| 5. | Thrown Into The Fire | ||
| 6. | Summer Dress 2 [Iodine] | ||
| 7. | Ignoring All The Detours | ||
| 8. | Profession | ||
| 9. | One Day You'll Be There | ||
| 10. | This Is All [I Have Left] | ||
| 11. | Leap Year | ||
| 12. | Time And Space | ||
| 13. | For You |