| Gold Leaves / Ornament, The |
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| Album: | Ornament, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Gold Leaves | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Hardly Art | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-11-06 | Pull Date: | 2012-01-08 |
| Week Ending: | Jan 8 | Jan 1 | Dec 25 | Dec 18 | Dec 11 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 21, 2014: | Monkey Business Cruel/Kind | 4. | Jan 06, 2012: | Time Traveler The Ornament | |
| 2. | Apr 18, 2012: | meow after midnight The Silver Lining | 5. | Jan 04, 2012: | meow Futures | |
| 3. | Apr 03, 2012: | meow The Silver Lining | 6. | Dec 30, 2011: | The Songsmith Show The Silver Lining |
| Album Review |
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| Ashkan Eghtesadi Reviewed 2011-11-16 | ||
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Gold Leaves is Grant Olson's solo project, one half of the Seattle psych/folk duo Arthur & Yu. On his debut, he focuses more on the folk side of things, also blending in some orchestral pop. The record maintains the same mellow tone throughout, with only a few tracks standing out amongst others. There are melodies and harmonies abound, but there are unfortunately only a handful of moments where they're strong enough to be memorable. All tracks FCC clean. Try tracks 5, 7, 9. 1. 5:03 Warm organ, earthy male vocals. Mid-tempo, guitar/tambourine/harmony vocals. Poppy/folky. 2. 3:42 Like first song, but faster paced 3. 3:37 More folky, americana feel but still a pop song. Sounds like a song an indie band would play if they were exploring the western frontier. 4. 4:08 Continues into country/folk territory. Sounds like Fleet Foxes. 5. * 4:02 Thumping drums, acoustic & electric guitar, string section. Evocative, easy highlight. 6. 4:38 Slow paced, builds up steam halfway through. Then it slows down with guitar/piano/drums in background while vocals and echoing harmonies are in the front. 7. * 3:39 First half of song is like most of album, then wild drums appear in the background and inspire a sweet 2nd half with repeating vocals. 8. 4:03 Acoustic guitar, folky song which ends with “shoot out at end of a Western” type music. 9. * 5:00 In the same vein as track 8, this is the music that'd play at the end of a Western as the hero rides off into the sunset. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Silver Lining | 5. | Cruel/Kind | |||
| 2. | The Ornament | 6. | Honeymoon | |||
| 3. | Endless Dope | 7. | The Companion | |||
| 4. | Hanging Window | 8. | Hard Feelings | |||
| 9. | Futures | |||||