The Levellers - Levelling The Land (1992)
Today is a nineties day. This is a brilliant, brilliant album. My therapist recommended me it months ago and I regret waiting this long for it, really, because GOD, this is good. It’s upbeat and pretty and happy and even where the electric stuff kicks in it retains this nice acoustic feel and it’s all very casual and country and it makes efficient use of harmonicas and violins, it’s really lovely.
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Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005)
Let’s face it, Conor Oberst is basically an indie sex icon. His fragile little self makes teenage girls all over the world quiver. Which probably makes half the fan base. But I don’t care, I do enjoy Bright Eyes and I enjoyed it before I knew who the frontman was (let’s face it, I don’t do my research as often as I should, I thought the guy who was singing was at least 45 before I looked it up).
This is a good album. It’s solid, it’s got the sentimentality that so many folksy albums do possess, and it’s relaxing. There are new melodies to uncover every time you listen and there’s so much good stuff in there. I’d advise that if you like metal, listen to this. It makes for a really interesting change and, well, you never know. I used to be a complete metal head and now I listen to so much more thanks to bands like this.
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