a r t i s t : Fire On Fire
t i t l e : The Orchard
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : young god
g e n r e : Folk
r l s. d a t e : May/2009
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 65,1 MB
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IÆm ecstatic that this is finally coming out! IÆve listened to
this album hundreds of times by now and my enthusiasm remains
unbridled. Their words and singing are great. They feed off
each other and propel each other as musicians with a powerful
and joyous energy. They live together in the same house and
play together constantly and you can hear that sense of unity
and commitment in their musicà
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Fire On Fire used to be the art-punk-prog-chaos collective
Cerberus Shoal, but they ditched their electric instruments,
went into hiding for a while, and now play all acousticùstand
up bass, mandolin, banjo, harmonium, accordion, acoustic
guitar, dobro etc etc, and they all sing and harmonize on the
songs. Live, they do it ôold schoolö and just use two mics
placed in front of them on the stage, like a bluegrass band.
They all live in the same house up in Maine, across from
rusting green oil tanks, apparently. To me they sound like a
backwoods, fierce, psychedelic Mamas And The Papas or a crazed
and joyously vengeful gospel string band. - Michael Gira/Young
God Records 2008
(http://younggodrecords.com)
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01-Sirocco [05:09]
02-Heavy D [04:31]
03-Assanine Race [06:15]
04-The Orchard [04:07]
05-Flordinese [05:28]
06-Hartford Blues [03:31]
07-Toknight [06:12]
08-Squeeze Box [04:13]
09-Flight Song [04:24]
10-Grin [05:02]
11-Tsunami [04:44]
12-Haystack [08:37]
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62:13 min