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FIRST LIGHTFarpointProg Folk3.11 | 8 ratings |
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![]() One of the highlights is "Words of Pain", in which the flute playing of Dana Oxendine shines over the acoustic guitar, before she releases the flute and treats us to an engagingly melancholy vocal performance. Like many bands that feature masculine and feminine vox, I do love it when they sing together or share duties in the same song, an event which doesn't happen nearly often enough. As a result, I really lap up tunes like "Long Slow Journey", which seems to nod a bit compositionally to "All Along the Watchtower". Clarke Boone's raspy friendly voice contrasts pleasantly with Oxendine's more ethereal delivery. The heavy folk instrumental "Tartans" conjures the British Isles traditions of South Carolina. To conjure up a reference more obscure than the artist, it reminds me of some of guitarist Paul Brett's late 1970s instrumentals. "Ex-Animo" is quite the opposite, a delicate ode on acoustic guitar and piano. Not everything here is up to the same quality. Later albums would be a bit more consistent but this is still a surprisingly strong debut.
kenethlevine |
3/5 |
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