Showing posts with label psych folk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psych folk. Show all posts

Monday, October 18, 2010

Don your suit of lights by The Mostar Diving Club

Don Your Suit of Lights is kind of like an oxygen tank. It gave me a whole new breathe during my music dry spell. It was like the first breathe out from water. Something that totally shaken me up. I was first introduced to Vagabonds and Clowns when I was watching Grey’s Anatomy. After months of google-ing finally I stumble upon a source for the complete album. It was like Christopher Columbus discovered America. coverThe Mostar Diving Club is the solo project by Damian Katkhuda. This is his debut solo album which was actually an outlet for him to do some of his quirky and unconventional tunes. A chance for him to experiment with different instruments. Don Your Suit of Lights is a drowsy, folksier album which act as a medium for him to story tell. 

The album starts of with “With His New Amour”, a very lullaby track; drowsy and mellow. The echo of the piano which sounded like far away accompany with the cello and Katkhuda vocals. It gave me this vibes that this song is somewhat a memory. Vagabonds and Clowns is a very quirky yet gripping track. Some where in the middle it was a bit froggy. Yes, froggy…I just keep on having this image in my mind where the frog is singing this song. Too much cartoons when I was still a child I guess. Then, The Medicine Show came along, a peppier track unlike the rest of the songs. Childishly simple but delightful piano, and even a smattering of banjo picking here and there.

l_096d46ea268b616f74341f9fdd8ded6c The Honey Tree is another good summery track. However, I do found that the beginning of the track have a bit similarity with Zee Avi’s Bitter Heart. Like Bitter Heart, Honey Tree also offered a kind of buoyancy to the track. Katkhuda shows his quirkiness again in this track with the cricket-sound-alike noise in the background of the track. It does brings a grin onto the face. Ghost Train Arpeggio is a full instrumental track lasted just a little bit over 1.30mins. Tricky Hands and Radios starts with a melodious ukulele tunes then it realm into something more circus-ish tunes.

Don Your Suit of Lights is a very blissful album. It is fascinating too. The whole album screams feeling. You can’t help but wonder how come others album don’t make you feel like how this album does. Now and then, when you pick it up and listen to it. The feeling is still there. It won’t like other albums that the feeling eventually wear off. This album linger.


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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Close to Paradise by Patrick Watson

Actually I introduced a song “The Great Escape by Patrick Watson” from this album in my personal blog a year ago. But then well, since it was so long ago and since I just wrote only that song from that album. Well, what the heck. I might just introduce the whole album then. On second thought, I think I also did wrote about “To build a home ( from Cinematic Orchestra)” 

Close To Paradise coverClose to Paradise by Patrick Watson was launched back in 2006. Since then, this album have received a lot of positive criticism from professional reviews and won the Polaris Music Prize in 2007. A Canadian music award to the best album of the year. Yeap, Patrick Watson is truly a talented Canadian. Canada do produced a lot of songbirds don’t you agree. Like Celine Dion, Paul Anka, Avril Lagvine, Shania Twain, Leonard Cohen, Nelly Furtado and so on…

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Of course with no doubt that my favourite song from this album is “The Great Escape” (no no not the stefani version) which I intro in my personal blog last time. Other song that are fantastic Actually, I don’t think I can said like that because it would not be fair. The whole album actually bring you to another level the way how you listen to music. Every song in this album is different. Some might causes you to have chill down your spine, slip into the skin (pun intended) Some might made you to be  really depressive. Some just bring you the sense of longing and remind you of your home that you had long forgotten. Some might bring you closer to paradise, ok scratch that. That just a lame joke. eheh…

Track list: Bold were my pick.

  1. "Close to Paradise"
  2. "Daydreamer"
  3. "Slip Into Your Skin"
  4. "Giver"
  5. "Weight of the World"
  6. "The Storm"
  7. "Mr. Tom"
  8. "Luscious Life"
  9. "Drifters"
  10. "Man Under the Sea"
  11. "The Great Escape"
  12. "Sleeping Beauty"
  13. "Bright Shiny Lights"
  14. '”To Build a Home (Cinematic Orchestrate) “ *depends on version I like his cover though.

Look likes, I almost picked all the songs in the album. Oh well, it’s really good!

Ok, “The Great Escape” was featured in Grey’s Anatomy. So, yeah I knew him from this show. Told’ya this show have the greatest soundtrack of all time. I have teary eyes when I watch this episode especially at this particular scene. I’m sentimental :P

And this is the original MV for “The Great Escape” which I strongly recommend to watch. C’est magnifique!

The first time I heard this song, I have chill! So incredible done and he do live so perfectly!

Ok , I know there are a lot of youtube videos in this post but please bear with me. Just let me express how much I love this album and I’m so eager to share it in this blog.

Last one I promise!!!


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