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Music CD - Frightened Rabbit: The Midnight Organ Fight
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Music CD: The Midnight Organ Fight
Artist: Frightened Rabbit
List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $10.29
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Manufacturer: Fat Cat
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Tracks:
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1. The Modern Leper
2. I Feel Better
3. Good Arms Vs. Bad Arms
4. Fast Blood
5. Old Old Fashioned
6. The Twist
7. Bright Pink Bookmark
8. Head Rolls Off
9. My Backwards Walk
10. Keep Yourself Warm
11. Extrasupervery
12. Poke
13. Floating In The Forth
14. Who'd You Kill Now?
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0600116997029
Label: Fat Cat
Manufacturer: Fat Cat
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Fat Cat
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Studio: Fat Cat
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Customer Rating:
Summary: An absolutely brilliant album
Comment: So far Frightened Rabbit's THE MIDNIGHT ORGAN FLIGHT has been my favorite new album of 2008. I fell in love with this from the very first track of this melodic, but hard driving album. What amazes me on repeated listenings is the sheer number of really great songs. But even the lesser songs have grown on me with repeated listenings.
Their name definitely belies their music, which is bold, assured, and confident. If you just listen to the music, it is difficult to figure out how many people are in the band, but thanks to multi-tracking they are manage to make this many sounds despite being a trio. If you go to Youtube and check out their videos they play the same songs on the album with much simpler arrangements, usually just guitar, bass, and drums. On the CD, the songs are dominated by the outstanding vocal work of guitarist Scott Hutchison, whose brother Grant is the drummer for the band. Live, they seem often to go to a Sleater-Kinney like two guitar/no bass arrangement.
The first time I listened to the album my favorite song was "Modern Leper," which leads off the album. On repeated listenings it was surpassed by cuts like "Feel Better" and the rousing "Fast Blood." I also loved the tough moral lessons sung in "Keep Yourself Warm." But really, after a dozen or so listenings I can listen randomly to any cut on the disc and experience nothing but delight.
I can't recommend this album strongly enough. Though they are a Glasgow band, they aren't very much like Belle and Sebastian or Camera Obscura, though they possess a lot of the same musicality that drives both of those bands. I can't imagine anyone who loves Indie Rock not being completely blown away by this album. This should make a lot of end of the year Top Albums lists.
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Summary: A near-perfect indie-pop album
Comment: What a difference two years can make.
Frightened Rabbit's debut, Sing the Greys, was an unassuming burst of jangly, emotional indie rock. It was a pleasant, if unfocused, album, but with The Midnight Organ Fight, the band has taken a huge leap forward, refining their sound and showing remarkable growth in their songwriting. The band has smoothed over some of the rough edges, but by tightening things up, their songs have become much more effective.
The album opens with its best song, "The Modern Leper," in which the acoustic strumming builds in intensity, supporting singer Scott Hutchison's pained, defeated lyrics as he questions how someone could ever "love a modern leper on his last leg." This self-loathing characterizes the lyrics throughout the album, as Hutchison deals with feelings of loneliness, inadequacy, and desperation. Lyrically, it's a sad and sometimes dark album, but it's also about a person who, upon reaching his lowest point, is slowly trying to pick up the pieces and find a way to move forward, even if he doubts his ability to do so. It's hard not to be drawn in by Hutchison's warm, quivering vocals. Even on the album's loudest, most energetic tracks, his voice underscores every emotion, as it sounds perpetually on the verge of cracking.
But what the band shows above all else is that they know how to write a pop song. Their melodies and subtley catchy choruses make this a highly accessible album, filled with small-scale anthems that could find a mainstream audience if given the proper chance.
This is one of the finest indie-pop albums of the year.
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