The Accident That Led Me To
The World
"The Island Gospel" CD
Nobody's Favorite Records
Genre: folk, folk-pop
July 10 2008 |
Last we heard from The Accident That Led Me To The World, it
was so many pretty little folk songs (twelve) in so little time (26
minutes). This time around they've produced ten tracks in thirty three
minutes, so I guess that's a slight step in another direction. Yet
musically, The Island Gospel is another fine sampling of
TATLMTTW's gorgeously warm acoustic folk-pop. The frequently
harmonized vocals of Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards
supply rich, memorable memories to the proceedings, with accompaniment
derived from bass, guitar, banjo, and the occasional clarinet. It's
hard not to fall in love with the delicately precious melodies of
album highlights "Try Try Try," "Caves," and "Statues". I do find some
of these songs run in to each other stylistically, meaning the tracks
with less melodic salience tend to come across as one homogeneous
blob. However, the lovely bonfire-folk vibe of this album prevents the
attention from wandering too much; I can't think of a better companion
to a winter night at home alone.
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[Vitals: 10 tracks, distributed by
the
label,
released 2008] |