Gloomier, folk-noir soup for the balladeer's soul.
One AM Radio - This Too Will Pass
[4.5/5] When Elvis Costello describes police dragging the lake for a body ("Watching The Detectives"), it seems a bit too upbeat to be convincing. A similar scene painted by the One AM Radio's Hrishikesh Hirway on "You Can Still Run" transports listeners to the foggy banks alongside deceptively calm waters. The overcast weather doesn't break for most of this 13-track ride. At turns, like on the foreboding "Fires," the shadows loom longer and the clouds rumble more ominously.
This Too Will Pass, as its title fatalistically suggests, is-in a word-brooding. A weighted procession of elegiac, funereal tone,
This Too is heavy but not sterile. It isn't all doom and gloom, though: Some sunshine peaks through by way of some triumphant trumpet and the sometimes-redemptive lyrics. With a disarming, vulnerable warmth, Hirway avoids the clinical detachment fancied by so much of the glitch-folk set, from Fog to Animal Collective's Avey Tare. Mostly acoustic guitarwork absorbs shimmering waves of electronic orchestration, with Hirway's vocals cresting over the mix when they're needed most. Even in its darkest moments, this latest full-length from the Rhode Island songwriter remains grounded in a beautiful humanity.
(DANGERBIRD) Mike McKee
ROCKS LIKE:
The Postal Service's
Give Up
Iron & Wine's
Our Endless Numbered Days
DNTEL's
Life Is Full Of Possibilities
Official Website: http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com
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