ARTiST: The Explorers Club
ALBUM: Freedom Wind
BiTRATE: 167kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Dead Oceans
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 44.65 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 35min 01sec total
RiP DATE: 2008-04-26
STORE DATE: 2008-05-23
Track List:
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01. Forever 2:32
02. Honey, I Don't Know Why 2:59
03. Don't Forget The Sun 3:11
04. Lost My Head 2:07
05. Do You Love Me? 2:47
06. Summer Air 2:23
07. If You Go 3:22
08. In The Country 3:45
09. Safe Distance 2:06
10. Hold Me Tight 3:17
11. Last Kiss 2:35
12. Freedom Wind 3:57
Release Notes:
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There is some music that is just not un-likeable. The ExplorerÆs Club ôFreedom
Windö is just that. The sixpiece group (four of whom pitch in with vocals) out
of Charleston, S.C. re-invent the Beach Boys in such a classy, respectful way
that I am more inclined to think that these guys grew up on Huntington Beach
instead of the east coast. Jason (guitar, piano, vocals), James (ditto to
Jason), Dave (accordion, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Neil (drums), Stefan (organ,
keys, piano), and Wally (bass and vocals) piece together an album that is the
kind of psychadelic, beachy-pop, impeccably harmonized music that makes it
difficult to not sway your body to. The vocal-harmonizing is just sickùJason,
James, Dave, and Wally blend their voices together in a way that has been lost
since the Beach Boys left the music scene.
Of course, if youÆre looking for some deep philosophical, political, or
ideological lyrics youÆre going to be disappointed here. Following the footsteps
of their predecessors, The ExplorerÆs Club sing about loveàthe kind of love you
have during summer break in college that have elements of romance, and maybe
even some heart-felt emotion, but you have this inkling that this is purely a
summer thing. ôFreedom Windö will most certainly become a summer classicàjust
like the Boys did for their generation.
ThereÆs a serious hazard in writing about music. ThereÆs a reason why there is
music and there is proseàthey perform different functions and do different
things for the readers/listeners. This is one of those instances where I really
donÆt want to write about an album because, well, you just have to experience
itàmaybe with a convertible on a winding country road where youÆre completely
lost, and gladly so.