- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: The Library is on Fire
Album: Magic Windows, Magic Nights
Label: (Fill in the Blank) Records
Playtime: 43:08 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/thelibraryisonfire
Rip date: 2010-03-24
Street date: 2010-03-02
Size: 68.39 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 203 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
With a blend of lo-fi pop melody and guitar-centric indie rock, The Library
Is on FireÆs second album, Magic Windows, Magic Nights, serves to remind us
why we loved bands like Dinosaur Jr. and Guided by Voices so much in the
first place, while putting a new enough spin on the sound that it doesnÆt
devolve into hero-worshipping mimicry. Considering that the album was
recorded by GBV producer Todd Tobias at Waterloo Studios, giving the album
its own voice while allowing it to pay tribute to its influences is no small
feat. As with their debut, Cassette, this album finds frontman Steve Five
still coming to grips with the 2004 loss of a dear friend, giving the album a
heaviness that is both sonic and emotional. ItÆs that plaintive quality that
makes Magic Windows such a striking album. Five manages to convey his loss,
grief, and angst with an honesty thatÆs more raw and genuine than most of the
so-called ôemoö thatÆs floating around these days, without ever making the
listener feel uncomfortable or voyeuristic. These arenÆt the songs of someone
who is falling apart, but rather the songs of someone who is coping. ôGilding
the Lilyö really demonstrates the melancholy dynamics at work on the album,
where languid vocal melodies and waves of guitar co-exist in a breezy,
slacker rock harmony, lazily rocking the listener while delivering
bittersweet pop. All in all, Magic Windows, Magic Nights really finds The
Library Is on Fire coming into their own as songwriters with an incredibly
solid album that manages to evoke nostalgia for the old days of indie rock
while feeling altogether new and interesting.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. The Stone Statue II ( 1:34)
02. Magic Bumrush ( 3:03)
03. Gilding the Lily ( 2:11)
04. Cinematic Idea ( 5:09)
05. I Miss You So Much, It Hurts So Bad ( 1:53)
06. We are the "Electric Newspaper Ripoffs." ( 2:00)
07. The Visionary Embolist ( 1:52)
08. Smoke & Mirrors ( 5:34)
09. The Stone Statue I ( 1:58)
10. Monkey in My Chair ( 2:58)
11. Vanessa's Theatre of Peace ( 2:36)
12. My Kind of Man ( 2:15)
13. Pointing Fingers ( 2:36)
14. Postmodern Falconry ( 1:40)
15. Supernatural Disasters ( 5:49)
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