| Buckner, Richard / Our Blood |
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| Album: | Our Blood | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Buckner, Richard | Added: | Jul 2011 | |
| Label: | Merge Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-01-08 | Pull Date: | 2012-03-11 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 26 | Feb 12 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 21, 2012: | meow Gang | 2. | Feb 07, 2012: | Youth Demographic Traitor |
| Album Review |
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| Deniz Cebenoyan Reviewed 2011-12-24 | ||
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Richard Buckner/ “Our Blood” / Merge Mostly standard light rock meets a hint of country, “Americana”. In fact, many songs give a feeling of being on a road trip across America. Most tracks feature guitars, sparse drums, and electric keyboards (often sound like a Wurlitzer). Soft but solid male vocals, middle register, hint of raspiness. Songs occasionally seem a bit simple at first, but a richness emerges on second listen (or as song builds). No FCCs detected. Favorites include: 4, 6, 9. 1. 5:17 Guitar, wurlitzer, straightforward chords, ever so slight occasional bendy twang. 2. 3:32 Delicate, sparse synth keyboards, mostly gently strumming on guitar + vocal. 3. 4:04 Bouncy looped synth in background, contemplative, builds a bit in last minute. 4. *5:15 Finger picked open guitar chords, occasional nice vocal harmonies, sparse and sad. Instrumental second half, repetitive, but you kinda appreciate the extra time. 5. 3:01 Subdued, dramatic instrumental, sounds like something played over a campfire scene overlooking a barren desert. Guitars, wind chimes, you know, the usual. 6. *4:47 Slightly faster strummed guitars, more upbeat, like early morning road trip music. 7. 3:22 Slower, fairly standard, a bit more country sounding. 8. 4:31 Faster tempo comes in & out, occasional synthy twang, vocals a bit country too. 9. *3:18 Guitars with nice pulsing delays in background, sounds like a sunny day, looking out of a train window maybe. No sound in last 8 seconds. Deniz Cebenoyan | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Traitor | 5. | Ponder | |||
| 2. | Escape | 6. | Witness | |||
| 3. | Thief | 7. | Confession | |||
| 4. | Collusion | 8. | Hindsight | |||
| 9. | Gang | |||||