Monday, March 30, 2015

Fire and the Scottish Winds

Tanisha's Pick

Natasha North's 'Fire' has similar eeriness to the music of London Grammar, but with a lighter gentler tone, with each note overlapping into the next. The high reverb is paralleled to the acoustics of a high vaulted church or a cave. 


The first song I heard of hers was a cover of The Cinematic Orchestra's To Build A Home- quite a sublime rendition. Her genre's vary with each of her songs, from country to folk to alternative pop imbibing styles of Bon Iver, Ingrid Michealson, Damien Rice and the likes. 





Sudhir's Pick


Scottish band Frightened Rabbit seem like a bunch of ordinary guys but there music is nothing but ordinary. Admittedly, I am not the biggest fan of music where the lyrics cannot be easily heard but somehow I forgive it when it comes to these guys. They have a very special way of blending instruments and genres into their songs which you possibly couldn't conceive. In one stretch, you feel like you are listening to Mumford and Sons, Indgrid Michaelson and Keith Urban. There is a certain something comfortable about these guys. Even though I like songs of theirs such as 'Swim till you can't see land' and 'The Twist' (in my top 10 of all time), I wanted to highlight this beauty today.


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