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Bowerbirds are Phil Moore and Beth Tacular, two folky, artsy types who hail from North Carolina, just a hop, skip, and a jump from where I reside. It's quite refreshing to know that your neck of the woods is quite capable of producing beautiful, original, and still very humble music, instead of it always coming from some far off land you will never see.
The Bowerbirds are more than just beautiful, though. They have managed to create a soundscape that you can instantly picture in your mind's eye. It's the soundtrack to that seaside journey or rural country trip you always want to go on. It's the musical equivalent to a gorgeous place you long to go to or never want to forget. It's a very slow-paced and chill album, so don't expect to get your socks rocked, but that doesn't mean it won't blow you away. They weave the wannabe foreign-ness of Beirut with the winter strum-ability of The Mountain Goats. Hints of Swan Lake, Ticonderoga (which makes sense seeing how Mark Paulson produced the album,) and The Rosebuds are also present over the course of Hymns For A Dark Horses' leafy mixture of guitars, accordions, and violins. After hearing this album for the first time, you could have knocked me over with a feather. You might feel the same.
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The Bowerbirds are more than just beautiful, though. They have managed to create a soundscape that you can instantly picture in your mind's eye. It's the soundtrack to that seaside journey or rural country trip you always want to go on. It's the musical equivalent to a gorgeous place you long to go to or never want to forget. It's a very slow-paced and chill album, so don't expect to get your socks rocked, but that doesn't mean it won't blow you away. They weave the wannabe foreign-ness of Beirut with the winter strum-ability of The Mountain Goats. Hints of Swan Lake, Ticonderoga (which makes sense seeing how Mark Paulson produced the album,) and The Rosebuds are also present over the course of Hymns For A Dark Horses' leafy mixture of guitars, accordions, and violins. After hearing this album for the first time, you could have knocked me over with a feather. You might feel the same.
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