Label: Innocent
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 827863121228
EAN: 0827863121228
ASIN: B00009LHX8
Release Date: 2003-07-08
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Artist: Feathermerchants
Label: Innocent Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 827863121228 EAN: 0827863121228 ASIN: B00009LHX8 Release Date: 2003-07-08 |
Unarmed Against the Dark
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SEE THEM, HEAR THEM THEN YOU'LL KNOW!!!!!.......2006-06-26
Pleasant folk-pop.......2004-03-27
Starting off with the soft "All The Way Home," the Feathermerchants blend together downtempo folky songs (the pensive "9th Ward," the downbeat "Dan" and "Reptile Mind") with vaguely poppy tunes (catchy "Daffodils"). From time to time they break out of the folk-pop mold with the vaguely gothic ballads (prayerlike "Ursuline") and a few dashes of country.
"Unarmed Against the Dark" is a nice album. Not a great album, but a nice one. It mixes a few genres and tosses in some poetry, sung with sweet vocals and with some decent background accompaniment. Except for the lead singer, there isn't anything that really stands out about Feathermerchants -- it's all okay, but not great.
The biggest musical weakness of "Unarmed" is that most of the songs sound more or less the same. The tunes are somewhat different, but they're almost all downtempo arrangements of guitar and percussion, with a dash of bass and bouzouki. For that matter, the guitar and drums aren't that original-sounding; they're capable, but not really noticeable for anything too good.
Shannon Kennedy's voice is the strongest part of Feathermerchants: assured, melodious and capable of holding up through every song. Those songs themselves tend to be quite evocative and poetic. At times the poetry stumbles in a big way ("I've come to talk before your nails get too long..."), and becomes too repetitive (the pointless "Temporary like a..." lines). But the lyrical sweetness of "Dan" and "Heartbreak Beat" make up for those.
Feathermerchants' "Unarmed Against the Dark" isn't terribly varied or unusual, but is worth a listen if pop-folk is your thing. It lacks in texture, but is still a pretty listen.
no sophomore slump!.......2003-11-19
Alluring medoly lines and amazing vocals........2003-09-23
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