Lafcadio

Artist: As Tall as Lions
Label: Triple Crown
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 646920305223
EAN: 0646920305223
ASIN: B0002198XC

Release Date: 2004-05-18

Lafcadio

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Tracks:

Break Blossom
96 Heartbeats
Silhouettes/Silhouetting
Carousel
Acrobat
Why We Cry at Movies
If I'm Not Out Burning
My Glowing Morning Dreams
Ghost in Drag
Blowing Out a Wish
Goodnite, Noises Everywhere

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Customer Reviews:

Musical Bliss .......2006-03-07

I can not express my love for this album. I stumbled across this band a few years back, and got the chance to see them live about a year ago. I was blown away by their performance, and bought the CD at the show. I still listen to this album regulary and it blows me away everytime.

Break Blossom- Great opener. Good guitar riff. Catchy, sing-along chorus. Great breakdown. Starts the album off with a bang.
96 Heartbeats- Good, steady drums. My least favorite track. Still good however.
Silhouettes/Silhouetting- Great vocals. Great instrumental breakdown, guitars are great.
The Carousel- Standout track. Pure musical bliss. Catchiest chorus ever written.
Acrobat- "Tonight pretend your an acrobat..." Amazing vocals. Starts off relaxing and gentle beforing building up into a breathtaking breakdown. Another standout track.
Why We Cry At Movies- Relaxing track, featuring a great drum beat and beautiful piano. Vocals are at its best here.
If I'm Not Out Burning- Another great guitar track. Faster pased. Great rock song.
My Morning Dreams- Atmospheric instrumental song. Spaced out and slow. Leads up to the next song.
A Ghost In Drag- My Morning Dreams builds up into this track. Great, great song. Good rock song with good guitars. Another standout.
Blowing Out A Wish- Melancholy song. Starts off slow and leads to a great breakdown. "Don't blame Jesus, he's courageous."
Goodnite, Noises Everywhere- The title describes the song well. Great album ender. Noises everywhere acuratly describes the atmospheric guitars and piano.

Please, please purchase this amazing album.

The Best CD of the Year That No Ones Knows About!!.......2005-01-31

I was lucky enough to come upon this CD by sheer chance when surfing purevolume.com, and I listened to their sampler stuff...and it blew me away! The artistic lyrics of Taking Back Sunday mixed with the melodic sensiblities of Coldplay, and lifted up to transcendence with the celestial ambience of Incubus, this album is a modern-day masterpiece unto itself. Driving guitar pieces, slow reflective ballads, and an instrumental magnum opus come together to form an album that I consider is not made up of separate songs, but with different movements on the same style and spirit that is As Tall As Lions.

Signed to the same label as Brand New, I have no doubt that these guys will rise to prominence among the indie crowd. It's only a matter of time until they take over the remainder of the decade. I recommend this CD to ANYONE, you can never consider yorself a serious music listener if you do not have this CD.

Possibly one of the best of the year!.......2004-11-26

This cd is one of the best that i have EVER bought. i listen to a lot of music i mean a lot i know what good music sounds like and i know what bad music sounds like. these guys know what they are doing with their instruments. the rythms and beats that these guys come up with will blow you away. when you listen to it the first time you will love it, but then you keep listening to it and you will really appreciate it. this is a must have for any music lover. there isnt one song on here that you will not learn to love. this cd is worth exactly what you pay for it even if you think it might be a lot. so buy this album and support what may possibly to be one of the "great" bands of our time!

A beautiful album.......2004-08-01

I assume this is As Tall As Lions debut album. If so then this is one of the most amazing debuts I've ever heard. This record blew me away the first time I put it in and listened the whole way through. Break Blossom, the opening track, is a perfect opener that made it so easy to fall in love with the rest of the album. Any fan of guitar indie rock will adore this album.

Lafcadio is an amazing album. Beautiful, sweeping, engrossing, and so much more, the songs on this album range from full guitar rock blasts to soft, subtle ventures into the air. These songs bring so much to the table. The sweeping, epic guitars steal the show here with well written and well played riffs. Piano is used and used well through out the album. The vocals are slightly odd but fit the music perfectly, bringing to mind the vocals of Brandtson.

The instrumental My Glowing Morning Dreams leads into A Ghost in Drag, brining to mind early Appleseed Cast (minus the Casts truly unique vocals). There is not a dud amongst these songs, each is strong in its own merits. Break Blossom, Why We Cry At Movies, My Glowing Morning Dreams and A Ghost in Drag are the standout tracks for me.

As Tall As Lions have created a beautiful album full of amazing songs that will sweep over you like a fall wind during the evening hours of October. Epic, heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time, Lafcadio is a glorious album.

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