| Forest Fire / Staring At The X |
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| Album: | Staring At The X | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Forest Fire | Added: | 11/2011 | |
| Label: | Fatcat Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-02-05 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-08 |
| Week Ending: | 8 Apr | 1 Apr | 25 Mar | 18 Mar | 11 Mar | 26 Feb | 19 Feb |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Recent Airplay |
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| 1. | Fri, 06 Apr 12: | Francis D Time Traveler | 4. | Wed, 28 Mar 12: | Dr. Wormwood Modern Donkey - Family Tribute | |
| 2. | Sun, 01 Apr 12: | Mir Synthesis | 5. | Fri, 23 Mar 12: | Francis D Time Traveler | |
| 3. | Fri, 30 Mar 12: | Francis D Time Traveler | 6. | Fri, 16 Mar 12: | Francis D Time Traveler |
| Album Review |
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| Deniz Cebenoyan Reviewed 2012-01-27 | ||
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Forest Fire / “Staring at the X” / Fat Cat Records Pretty solid album throughout. Use of synth backgrounds and instruments, but still actually sounds like music recorded in a studio vs predominantly on a computer. Male mid-tenor range voice, sounds like some cool British band I haven’t heard have. The vocals really make it sounds like a band that should be big - he sings with the swagger of someone famous. I like it! They seem to be bringing back the concept of instrumental solos in the middle of songs, which is awesome. A couple of songs, while simple, really showcase their talent as songwriters (3, 5). No FCCs detected. Favorite tracks: 3, 5, 6 1. 3:04 Boomy, ethereal beginning, picks up 45sec in, big synthy guitar sound, ends a bit suddenly - nice simple, but strong opener. 2. 4:10 Fun mid beat, light flute-y synths in background, almost beachy guitars/feel to it, good for the start of a road trip. 3. *2:32 Mid, very catchy, kinda dancy/forlorn, cool use of synth horn solo in mid (don’t play accidentally too high vol.), guitar solo end. Cool! 4. 6:26 Female voice, synth drone background, heartbeat esque drum, alternates with synth dance riff, borderline painful use of synth 1:30-2:00. Last 20sec super quiet distant synth. 5. *3:00 Slowdance time! Very nice, downtempo, simple chords, nice kinda-emotional singing (my favorite kind). 6. *4:17 Downtempo, heavy distorted guitar chords, strange combo that kinda works. Ok guitar solo just won me over (2:30-3:00). 7. 2:42 Strummed guitar and piano, female voice in background, distortions come in last 30 sec. Horn solo repriiise!!! 8. 8:28 Slow, steady basic drums, strummed guitar, faint synth in background. Nice simple closer, makes you want to play it all again. Deniz Cebenoyan | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Born Into | 5. | Staring At The X | |||
| 2. | Future Shadows | 6. | Blank Appeal | |||
| 3. | The News | 7. | Mtns Are Mtns | |||
| 4. | They Pray Execution Style | 8. | Visions In Plastic |