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Artist..........: The Rest ▒▀
Album...........: Everyone All At Once ▒
Genre...........: Pop
Label...........: Auteur Recordings
Catnr...........: SICNOTE058
Source..........: CDDA
Rip.Date........: 17-08-2010
Street.Date.....: 15-12-2009
Quality.........: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url.............: http://www.amazon.com/Everyone-All-at-Once-Rest/dp/B002TN0CD6/
Size............: 57.27MB
Song.Title :
01. Coughing Blood / Fresh Mountain Air 5:03
02. Modern Time Travel (Necessities) 3:08
03. Sheep In Wolves' Clothing 2:11
04. Phonetically, Phonetically 4:33
05. Apples & Allergies 3:31
06. Drinking Again 4:03
07. Blossom Babies Part Two 5:28
08. Walk on Water (Auspicious Beginnings) 4:42
09. The Lady Vanishes 5:25
10. Everything All At Once a) The Last Great Cocoa Owl Job 6:07
b) In My Attic, Souvenirs
Runtime: 44:11 min
Release.Info :
The Rest are Hamilton, Ontario born and bred. Of course they are. That sleepy
nation of Canada is home to many of modern alternative musicÆs great heroes,
and hereÆs one more to warm your cockles.
So itÆs cold and sparse in Canada, right? Yes. But at the same time it is
irrevocably magical. Landscapes mostly unspoiled and clouded in dreamy white. I
would say the very same about The Rest. Despite the very obviousness of
comparing their music to their home surroundings (arenÆt we all the product of
our environment, nature, nurture nÆ all that) it is an essential part of this
bands sound, and they do admit to only speaking in ösnow.ö I can speak snow
too.
Hardly ever am I struck by an album in its first few moments but ôCoughing
Blood/Fresh Mountain Airö hits the spot. A weaving orchestral menagerie; the
album couldnÆt have started more perfectly. One epic crescendo of melancholy
compounded by the brilliance of the vocals. Sounding like a less whiny Win
Butler the harmonies soar. Arcade Fire comparisons aside, inevitable as they
are, The Rest have a distinctive sound that doesnÆt always dwell in darkness
and can in fact be quite fun at times. The imaginative and at times playful
instrumentation coupled with the clear vision of the song writing results in
complete delights like ôModern Time Travelô. Grande pop at itÆs best.
I could talk about every song on its own merit. There is an eerie-ness that
runs through every track. The wind in the trees, the owls at night. This keeps
you involved, sitting by the warmth of the vocals. The fire light. But there
arenÆt any wolves in this land, youÆre completely safe from harm.
ôPhonetically, Phoneticallyö encompasses everything about the band. Ghostly,
candescent, soulful and joyous pop. Even if ôDrinking Againö sounds like a
complete rip of OK ComputerÆs ôExit Music (For a film)ö IÆll forgive them
because ôBlossom Babies Part Twoö is yet more sheer majestic longing. Again I
am playing on obvious metaphors of blizzards and cold landscape, but euphoric
pangs of melancholy arch every note of the ensuing.
At times dark and disillusioned, at others festive and blissful, often in the
same song, The Rest are a very intelligent band, thought provoking and
lyrically poetic (I was shot out of a canon, saw the desert where there used to
be the Atlantic, IÆm across the sea, and Egyptians are looking at me, But I
wonÆt let you go even if you disappear on me û The Lady Vanishes) . ôThe Lady
Vanishesö is in respect of the 1938 Hitchcock film of the same name, of which
the music video is a 6 minute screening of . Pining and loss are concurrent
themes of the album which all in all is an exercise in catharsis. The title
track closes the record with a typically poetic magic. The added factor that
this is there first long player makes it difficult to believe that it can sound
so fully formed and complete.
Stiflingly good band and brilliantly crafted music. Come one, come all!
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