The other day my industrious, knowledgeable, excitable friend Cole told me about the London-based indie pop band Fanfarlo and their debut album Reservoir. He frenetically described them as "a perfect blend of Arcade Fire, Beirut, & Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!" -- which any Funeral fan will agree is a highly suspect statement in a post-2004 world.
Cut back to 2005 for a moment, when every band was "the new Arcade Fire" or "the new CYHSY." Where countless bands shamelessly crescendo'ed their 5+ minute songs with moody anthemics and a 10-member on-stage clusterfuck -- just for the hell of the stage presence. Or the latter, anyone whose voice managed to crack even more (often and annoyingly) than Alec Ounsworth and David Byrne combined over a wall of semi-progressive, youthful indie rock. You know the bands I'm talking about (they didn't make it very far).
Fanfarlo is not one of those bands. Not by a long shot.
[MP3] Fanfarlo - I'm A Pilot
As soon as you listen to Reservoir, you'll begin to notice the similarities. They'll buoy up and down over the course of the album's 11 songs, and surely there will be a time when you honestly wonder if Zach Condon and members of Arcade Fire made an album together (particularly on "Drowning Men"). Whereas for the bands I described above that would be their crowning achievement (although most don't get past coming off as poorly-concocted half-assed tributes), for Fanfarlo the similarities are merely a reflection of their strengths in songwriting and their penchant for creating great songs.
Here's "Luna" -- another one of eleven of those great songs »
[MP3] Fanfarlo - Luna
Reservoir will be released soon, and will be available on Fanfarlo's tour -- including their SXSW dates.
Official Site | MySpace | More MP3s | Tour Dates
12 comments:
Quality pick, thanks!
_Marisa
Nice post. Glad more people are getting into this band.
Hmm! I like this band. The lead singer reminds me of Todd Goldstein of Arms. Just a bit.
Yowza! You are on a role lately. You've introduced me to two of my favourite bands/albums this year thus far. First, The Love Language;now this...keep the brilliance coming...
Love this. Thanks for the tip!
As a swede I really have to say that Simon, the lead singer of Fanfarlo, is one too!
The weirdest thing is that the bands best song, "You are one of the few outsiders who really understands us", isn't on the album.. Check out this amazing live video of the song from the swedish blog PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2008/03/31/musik-med-fanfarlo/
/ Sweden out!
fantastic pick. Thanks!!
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