Bermuda Triangle Service
"High Swan Dive" CD
Self-released
Genres: folk-rock, alt country
Aug 8 - 14 2005 |
On High Swan Dive BTS provide warm, country-tinged folk
music that is very pleasant but at times a bit drawn-out. However,
while these
songs can be a bit too long for their own good, the wandering, melodic
feel they share keeps things from becoming unentertaining. For
example, I enjoy the laidback, relaxed sound of "Six Years"
but will admit its chorus becomes a bit repetitive. The dreary,
harmonica-drenched title-track is also quite pleasant, though it's
loose style can make it more suitable for background music than
anything else. All in all, High Swan Dive is a perfectly
enjoyable album - it works best as background music, but has a solid
enough framework to sustain a patient listener's attention as well. I
would like to see their songs shortened a bit, but they have a strong
style nonetheless - and that's what's going to carry them in the
future.
80%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
9 tracks, distributed by the
band, released 2004] |
