Low Anthem, The / Smart Flesh
Album: | Smart Flesh | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Low Anthem, The | Added: | Mar 2011 | |
Label: | Nonesuch Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2011-05-14 | Pull Date: | 2011-07-16 |
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Week Ending: | Jul 10 | Jul 3 | Jun 26 | Jun 19 | Jun 12 | Jun 5 | May 29 | May 22 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Sep 09, 2011: | The Songsmith Show
Hey, All You Hippies!, Boeing 737 |
4. | Jun 24, 2011: | The Songsmith Show
Smart Flesh |
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2. | Jul 08, 2011: | The Songsmith Show
Smart Flesh, Boeing 737 |
5. | Jun 17, 2011: | The Songsmith Show
Hey, All You Hippies! |
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3. | Jul 01, 2011: | The Songsmith Show
Hey, All You Hippies! |
6. | Jun 10, 2011: | Wee Animalcules
Boeing 737 |
Album Review
MC Dizzy Jackson
Reviewed 2011-05-06
Reviewed 2011-05-06
Lots of influences here, and I’m talking some heavy-hitting stuff, like Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and The Band. It’s ethereal, dreamy, spacey yet presented in a completely coherent and linear way. It’s got instrumentation of things like clarinets, organ, banjo, jew harp, horns, etc. Many of the lyrics are thought-provoking and lasting. Incredible stuff. No FCC’s.
*My Favorites*: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11.
1. *(4:19) Slow / Mid. Lo-fi, church hymn-like, haunting, like you’ve heard it and felt it before. Sparse with piano and not much else. Great.
2. (4:22) Slow / Mid. Country-sounding song, another one with lots of space. Organ, plodding drum, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, harmonica.
3. *(2:40) Mid / Fast. Loud drums, guitars, bass, subdued harmonica. It’s driving with vocals set back in the mix a bit. It’s loud, epic and killer.
4. *(3:07) Slow. Echoey, melancholy and dreamy chorus of vocals put through a tunnel. with sparse acoustic guitar and piano. Wow. Ends too soon.
5. *(3:54) Slow. The vocal sounds eerily like Bob Dylan’s. Killer pump organ with harmonica phrases.
6. (3:47) Slow. Triple clarinet INSTRUMENTAL.
7. (5:18) Slow / Mid. A bit carnivalistic and spooky. Slight country with banjo. Cool organ. It’s epic sounding. Leonard Cohen influence with the vocal delivery.
8. *(4:41) Mid. Really sounding like The Band with that Garth Hudson-like organ and vocal phrasing. Killer.
9. (3:27) Slow. Sparse banjo-led dirge with some ringing bells and a transistor radio at the end.
10. *(3:10) Slow / Mid. Another hymn-like song with piano, bass, clarinet and guitar. Beautiful.
11. *(7:31) Slow. It’s a lyrically heavy, heavy dirge. It’s brutal, scary, really makes you think about some shit we go through in life. Never thought a jew harp could sound so good. Fuck, what a great song...
*My Favorites*: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11.
1. *(4:19) Slow / Mid. Lo-fi, church hymn-like, haunting, like you’ve heard it and felt it before. Sparse with piano and not much else. Great.
2. (4:22) Slow / Mid. Country-sounding song, another one with lots of space. Organ, plodding drum, acoustic guitar, pedal steel, harmonica.
3. *(2:40) Mid / Fast. Loud drums, guitars, bass, subdued harmonica. It’s driving with vocals set back in the mix a bit. It’s loud, epic and killer.
4. *(3:07) Slow. Echoey, melancholy and dreamy chorus of vocals put through a tunnel. with sparse acoustic guitar and piano. Wow. Ends too soon.
5. *(3:54) Slow. The vocal sounds eerily like Bob Dylan’s. Killer pump organ with harmonica phrases.
6. (3:47) Slow. Triple clarinet INSTRUMENTAL.
7. (5:18) Slow / Mid. A bit carnivalistic and spooky. Slight country with banjo. Cool organ. It’s epic sounding. Leonard Cohen influence with the vocal delivery.
8. *(4:41) Mid. Really sounding like The Band with that Garth Hudson-like organ and vocal phrasing. Killer.
9. (3:27) Slow. Sparse banjo-led dirge with some ringing bells and a transistor radio at the end.
10. *(3:10) Slow / Mid. Another hymn-like song with piano, bass, clarinet and guitar. Beautiful.
11. *(7:31) Slow. It’s a lyrically heavy, heavy dirge. It’s brutal, scary, really makes you think about some shit we go through in life. Never thought a jew harp could sound so good. Fuck, what a great song...
Track Listing
1. | Ghost Woman Blues | 7. | Burn | |||
2. | Apothecary Love | 8. | Hey, All You Hippies! | |||
3. | Boeing 737 | 9. | I'll Take Out Your Ashes | |||
4. | Love And Altar | 10. | Golden Cattle | |||
5. | Matter Of Time | 11. | Smart Flesh | |||
6. | Wire | . |