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The album slows down considerably, even for country/folk songs, around the 3rd track “Magic Hour.” This decent song is merely OK, as is the fourth “The Little Acorn,” yet in the heads of the listener the album is living off of borrowed credit from the momentum of the first two tracks. I think to myself, “Sweet, Fruit Bats”, but by the time the 4th or 5th track rolls around it is a strain to not just take the damn thing out of the player.
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I have started to listen to this album at least 10 times and every time I start it up I get excited. This album has the uncanny ability to get you into the mood for this type of music and then promptly get you out…every time. Soon after this point in the album the whole situation becomes clear. This novelty continues onto the second track “A Bit of Wind.” Religious references on both tracks aside, the music is enjoyable and the quite decent harmonic vocals can conjure up memories of The Beach Boys or even John Lennon. The first track “Rainbow Signs” is upbeat and the production brings a catchy pop feel to the sound. However, no amount of production can mask the feel of a decent bar/coffee house act quickly tossed into a studio that this recording projects.ĭespite this, the simplicity of the music is actually quite charming at first. The twang of the acoustic goes far for this genre when accompanied by “echo-y” drums and what some would consider experimental background production. Like most folk music, the core of this deal is simply a man with his guitar. I just wanted to get that out of the way.Įnter this folk/country recording by Fruit Bats. Granted, I am just as annoyed as the next person by the latest Garth Brooks Single or the crooning of Clint Black, but that does not warrant the mass hatred propagated by the musically unintelligent. Where is it that this group-think hate came from? Why do people defend the most vapid and uninspired house offerings before acknowledging the master works of Willy Nelson or Johnny Cash? A significant amount of what we love about modern music, especially rock, owes much to the country genre. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard some ignorant little fool utter these oh-so-common words. “I like all types of music… except country.”