Before: Never heard of them. Hope they make some slinky harmonies together!
After: Thanks, "icelandbob", for your youtube post of the album!
The first song is a pleasant, rock-folk number that reminds me of my days serving coffees and paninis at Caffe Lena. Lovely accents too!
Very, very folky. Love their use of varied instruments. A trumpet structures the album's title song precisely and adds a great optimism.
I like how both musicians have ample time to show their talent on this record.
This album shot straight into my comfort zone and released an oodle of happiness and warmth. Some of the components that aided in its delivery included the harmonies, singer-songwriter feel, and lyrics about old-fashioned themes like love and living simply. Plus, the accents just put the cherry on top!
Ok, now it's getting slow to the point of depressing. The last two songs were an unexpected shade of sad- wouldn't expect an album to end with such a defined whimper.
Overall, a heard a few songs that were worth listening to, but boy were they! Loaded with ear-pleasing content.
My research hath brought an amazing slew of five-star reviews of this album. Many people claim it to be a masterpiece and Kurt Loder from Rolling Stone hails it as containing "not a single track that's less than luminous". Wow! Glad I endeavored a listen.
