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|. :| _artist......: Urusen
: || _album.......: This Is Where We Meet
: |: _year........: 2012
. | _genre.......: Folk
| _style.......: Alternative Folk, Indie Rock
: _label.......: The Almighty Rooftop Record Company
. _cat.nr......: URU003
_rel.date....: 2012-10-25
_street.date.: 2012-08-13
_source......: CDDA
_quality.....: MP3 LAME 3.98.4 V0 VBR
_tracks......: 11
_size........: 77.91MB
_length......: 45:09
_proof.......: Yes [x] / No [ ]
_url.........: urusen.bandcamp.com/
_tracklist...:
01. Wonderland 4:11
02. Wake Up John 3:38
03. Step Off The Train 4:14
04. Fifty & 9 3:54
05. In Search Of The Delta 3:40
06. A Once Was Tramp And Tree 4:33
07. The Islander 4:09
08. Wanted 3:31
09. The Woodsman 3:47
10. Nosediving 4:55
11. From This Country 4:37
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total: 45:09
_description.: Easygoing folk tinged songs with pleasant melodies -
London based band Urusen releases their new album 'This
is Where We Meet'. Urusen's music brings to mind
contemporaries like Midlake, while at once conjuring
ghosts of folk legends past like Fairport Convention.
Urusen's use of an array of instruments including violin,
cello, banjo, mandolin and harmonium makes for something
beautiful. The band includes members Peter Beatty, Jay
Darwish, Kieran Houston, Ben Please and Nick Ullman.
The new album flows from the start. 'Wonderland' is warm,
smooth and soothing. The lyrics fascinate: "I never said
you couldn't understand/I just said you live in a
wonderland." The sentiment is not bitter, but sung with
love as the narrator states, "I'll still be standing
here."
The singer on 'Step Off The Train' remembers lost friends,
accompanied by a resonant emotive cello. On 'Fifty & 9'
the storyteller sings of a catharsis of tears that join
in a moving, sparkling stream. These songs are thoughtful
and philosophical.
'In Search of the Delta' is mellifluous - a sweeping
healing big river of a tune and an album highlight. On
'A Once Was Tramp And Tree' we hear a rich ode to a
coming storm.
'Wanted' is a moody, sombre yet spiritual song that seems
to speak to enduring love.
The lovely closing ballad 'From This Country' shares
lyrical images of "stars in the skies and birds in my
eyes." The singer questions, "I wonder if we'll ever
find our way back home."
Urusen's album 'This Is Where We Meet' is in the end a
graceful alt- folk experience.
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