- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Savoir Adore
Album: In the Wooded Forest
Label: Cantora
Playtime: 47:09 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/savoiradore
Rip date: 2009-11-16
Street date: 2009-07-14
Size: 69.44 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 195 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
wo of the biggest trends in alternative music over the past few years have
been seemingly diametrically opposed, Americana/alt-country and indietronica.
One relies on old sounds, done with a fresh take, while the other uses new
sounds, but to more traditional ends. However, both styles have had the flaw
of a built-in limit to what they can do, which is why it's so nice, as well
as surprisingly natural, to hear the two put together on Savoir Adore's
debut, In the Wooded Forest.
The Brooklyn band (where else?...) certainly brings a ænaturalÆ feel to
Forest, doing it not just in Deidre Manco's sweet vocals, but also fine
synthesizer work. The bright uplift of such tracks as "Sarah's Secret" and
"Honestly" easily charm, and there's a catch on numbers like "Space Travel" &
"Bodies". Sometimes Savoir Adore go a little more indietronica ("We Talk
Like Machines"), other times more Americana (the following "Early Bird"), but
mostly nicely marry the two.
At fourteen tracks, In the Wooded Forest is a few songs too many. Some
pieces near the end like "Take Hollow Lane" are more than a touch
forgettable, and both the ultimate & penultimate "The Garden" & "Wonderlake"
feel like airy finishes (and the less said about the disco-mistake "Merp",
the better). But Savoir Adore have married indietronica & Americana to
produce a record that is sure to charm
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. The Scientific Findings Of Dr. Rousseau ( 3:09)
02. We Talk Like Machines ( 3:55)
03. Early Bird ( 3:36)
04. Merp ( 2:58)
05. Sarah's Secret ( 2:41)
06. The Wooded Forest ( 2:32)
07. Space Travel ( 3:43)
08. Honestly ( 3:34)
09. Bodies ( 3:37)
10. Transylvanian Candy Patrol ( 5:26)
11. Take Hollow Lane ( 2:40)
12. Farewell My Love ( 2:45)
13. Wonderlake ( 3:44)
14. The Garden ( 2:49)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -