Nothing Is Okay_音乐专辑
Nothing Is Okay
表演者: The Everybodyfields
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2007-08-21
唱片数: 1
出版者: Ramseur Rec.
条形码: 0641444011322
专辑简介
The Everybodyfields exist where fall and winter meet. Jill Andrews and Sam Quinn’s dulcet vocal melodies are crisp and bracing as the autumn air, wafting through a small clutch of leafless oaks. Those oaks—naked and lonely in the receding winter light—echo the longing peals of old-timey fiddle and lap steel, as the music teeters at the edge of despair. The Johnson City, Tenn., quartet’s folk-pop fragility recalls Elliott Smith draped in dark Southern gothic. The stunning opening track, “Aeroplane,” jangles alluringly with fiddle and guitar reverb haunting the background while Quinn and Andrews harmonize over a “love them/set them free” tale. “What holds me up/Is going to burn me in the turn around,” Quinn sings mournfully, “Life has the sweetest refrain.” Apropos of the title, melancholia seeps into every corner, from the aching Americana of “Birthday” to the rootsy rock swell of “Don’t Turn Around,” and even the pleading country misnomer, “Everything is Okay.” Sadness can be so beautiful.
source: HARP Magazine
Having proclaimed God a moonshiner and channeled the sorrows of everyone from flooded-out farmers to Elvis on their ?rst two LPs, this Johnson City, Tenn., duo has ?nally grazed upon some of its own old bones, rummaging through the dark closet of the South. Sam Quinn and Jill Andrews trade gorgeous, aching vocals that sear through a tapestry of plaintive ?ddle and pedal steel, sucker-punching with lines like “you took the candy out of my mouth / and ?lled it up with really old Saltines” (on the sprawling post-love song “Everything Is Okay”) and “time will forget your name / and ?oat away in a purple haze / the best you can hope for is to go in your sleep” (on the heady ?rst track “Aeroplane”). Sometimes love don’t feel like it should, but who’s to say what’s right or wrong with sadness this divine?
Rating: 4 stars
source: Paste Magazine
Sam Quinn and Jill Andrews met at summer camp and have been writing songs together ever since. Their first two albums showcased an Americana act blending folk, country and bluegrass. Andrews’ raw, wanton alto and Quinn’s wobbly twang harmonized nicely over songs ranging from the soulful old-timey ode “By Your Side” to the sweet, rootsy pop tune “So Good.” But with the departure of Dobro player David Richey, the band have moved away from that traditional sound. Their latest combo, featuring pedal steel, electric guitar and keyboards, contributes to a more rocking third album. Due in mid-August, Nothing Is Okay ranges from the shambling “Aeroplane,” whose homey melody recalls The Band, to the swelling, reverb-drenched guitar of “Don’t Turn Around,” reminiscent of a backwoods My Morning Jacket.
—Chris Parker
Nashville Scene Critics Picks
source: nashvillescene.com
Artist: The Everybodyfields
Album: Nothing Is Okay
Date Of Release: August 21, 2007
Genre: Country, Folk, Indie
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