Shot Heard Round the World - Ten Songs for Town and Country
by Daniel Cressey
published: 6 / 5 / 2007
Label:
KML
Format: CD
intro
Self-indulgent and over-complicated, but also highly promising 60's influenced indie-folk on debut album from new act Shot Heard Round the World
It would be foolish to expect a band who put out an eleven-track album with this title to do things the easy way. And Shot Heard Round the World do not. In places this is beautiful. In others it becomes conceited and over-complicated, and a tweeness that is otherwise complimentary becomes cloying. When they get it right on this set of 60's throwback indie-folk songs a glorious sunshine reflects off beautiful harmonics as the notes cascade down. The hand clapping and xylophone parts are handled deftly enough to be complimentary rather than annoying and the momentum carries you along. A soft-focus summer almost swims out of the speakers. Then, at key points, the band’s desire to change speed rapidly, flirt with other styles, and add in every instrument they own derails the nostalgia train. Opening song ‘Lentin’ promises great things and tracks such as the honestly titled move into moodier territory ‘Darker, Darker’ deliver on some of these promises. More convoluted and self-indulgent points such as ‘Mtn. Song’ and ‘Casseopeia’ do not. A less is more approach could have made this good album a great one.
Track Listing:-
1 Lentin2 Mtn. Song (For M - - Howell)
3 Inward to Lexington
4 Harvest Breed
5 Casseopeia
6 Time the Covered Bridge
7 Dead on Night
8 Town & Country
9 Darker, Darker
10 The Torn Byrd
11 Evening Prayer
most viewed articles
current edition
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #15- On Being Dignified and Old aka Ten Tips From Jah Wobble On How To Be Happy.Dennis Tufano - Copernicus Center, Chicago, 19/7/2024
Elliott Murphy - Interview
Wreckless Eric - Interview
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #16: Living in the Minds of Strangers
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities - #17: Tom Robinson
Adrian Gurvitz - Interview
Norman Rodger - Interview
Chris Spedding - Interview
Penumbra - Interview
most viewed reviews
current edition
Groovy Uncle - Making ExcusesPhilip Parfitt - The Dark Light
Jules Winchester - The Journey
Deep Purple - =1
Bill Wyman - Drive My Car
Ross Couper Band - The Homeroad
Hawkestrel - Chaos Rocks
John Murry and Michael Timmins - A Little Bit of Grace and Decay
Popstar - Obscene
Splashgirl and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - More Human
Pennyblackmusic Regular Contributors
Adrian Janes
Amanda J. Window
Andrew Twambley
Anthony Dhanendran
Benjamin Howarth
Cila Warncke
Daniel Cressey
Darren Aston
Dastardly
Dave Goodwin
Denzil Watson
Dominic B. Simpson
Eoghan Lyng
Fiona Hutchings
Harry Sherriff
Helen Tipping
Jamie Rowland
John Clarkson
Julie Cruickshank
Kimberly Bright
Lisa Torem
Maarten Schiethart