We've had another review of Able Archer come through to Concur HQ from Leeds Guide. Have a gander:
http://www.leedsguide.co.uk/review/cd-review/i-concur/12376
"Recorded by the busiest man in rock production, James Kenosha (Dinosaur Pile-up, Grammatics, Pulled Apart by Horses, Wintermute), it’s a grand sounding record, picking up influences from the mainstays of post-rock (Explosions In The Sky et al) grand American alt rock (Wilco, The National) and, at it’s very best (like with the breakdown on title track ‘Able Archer’), some damn fine mathy moments."
We do get a bit of a dressing down in the last paragraph after some bigging up which amused me. I don't tend to think of us a rock band as such but more of a very loud pop band as most songs are written with pop principles in mind (ie cut out all unnecessary time, have good hooks, a good chorus etc). I tend to think of mid 80's hair bands when people say 'rock'. But that's just me and my unheathly power ballad fixation.
Also, this has literally just come through from DrownedInSound for Sobotka: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138112-this-weeks-singles--12-10-2009
Which is nice as it's very clear that we are more paletable than The Twang. Good times!
Monday, 12 October 2009
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Richmond Fontaine - We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River
I saw Richmond Fontaine, a band I've liked for a number of years now, a few weeks ago at The New Roscoe in Leeds. The band always play the venue as part of their uk tours which i admire in that they probably could have upgraded to a larger venue by now. But still they keep coming back showing, loyalty I suppose, to the promoter that put them on in the first place. This is a rare thing in music unfortunately.
Anyway, they were touring a new album We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River and were better than i had seen them in the past. And they were excellent when i had seen them before, so they really are something special now. This album also is possible my album of the year, and i know there are 2 and a bit months to go, but i'm going to stick my neck out here. Stand out tracks are 'You Can Move Back Here', 'Watch Out' and 'Two Alone'. Willy Vlautin (an excellent novelist by the way) seems to have evolved his character based story driven writing in a less heavy direction which i think really benefits the album.
You could do a lot worse than get a copy of this record. My copy is currently got a special place on my desk since i managed to get it signed by a few of the band. I am a fanboy, it's true.
Tim.
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