Farewood
"Figures in Shadows" CD
ARClight
USA
Genre: rock, indie rock
August 2007 |
Meriden, Connecticut spawned Farewood, a
m/f-fronted darkish indie rock band that sounds like The Breeders
crossed with Afghan Whigs. On Figures in Shadows' first
track I started to think it was a vaguely gothy, 4AD-type affair but
more uplifting songs like "Station" and "The People" drift from that
notion. Opener "King John" is still easily the best track here. I
found that Leah Booker's voice takes awhile to get used to but
in the end it fits the songs' dark aura appropriately. There's a sort of 80s-ish dark pop mentality that
I quite admire on Figures in Shadows, as well as a strong nod
to 90s bands like Bettie Serveert and, as previously mentioned,
The Breeders. One of the strongest songs here is Lou Lorenzo-fronted
"Transcend"; his voice offers a nice change of pace for the record,
and is quite strong in its own right (think Three Mile Pilot
for reference). By the time it reaches the end,
this album does tend to drag somewhat, though there are some
particularly strong songs that make this worth a look.
farewood
myspace
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youuuuuuuutube!:
"king john" video
Fun Fact: Arclight USA
is also the name of a company that makes figurines of army tanks.
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 11 tracks,
52:57, distributed by
the band,
released Oct 2006] |
