Smoke Fairies...Through Low Light and Trees(2010)[FLAC]

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1 Summer Fades 4:10
2 Devil in My Mind 4:45
3 Hotel Room 4:11
4 Dragon 2:35
5 Erie Lackawanna 4:35
6 Strange Moon Rising 3:23
7 Morning Blues 3:38
8 Storm Song 4:16
9 Blue Skies Fall 3:04
10 Feeling Is Turning Blue 3:49
11 After the Rain 3:16

The much-derided Midlake would appear to be very much the tip of the

iceberg. ThereΓΓé¼Γäós clearly a revival of a certain type of folk; one imbued with the

deep green hues of an imagined Sherwood forest and with more than a hint of

the madrigal and ancient English and Celtic traditions.

All of which are filtered through the singer/songwriter sensibilities of Crosby,

Stills & Nash and the soft-focus mystery dramas of the Moody Blues.

Oddly, most of these groups come from America, a country with its own folk

traditions, but in the case of the Smoke Fairies, these maidens are English

through-and-through, but flecked with a few influences picked up on touring

travels through the United States.

This duo has it all down pat: a fruity harmonizing thatΓΓé¼Γäós has more than a

touch of LA singer-songwriter about it, but also something of EnyaΓΓé¼Γäós ethereal

wordless vocals; an influence that may be unintentional, but would have been

unthinkable a decade ago.

ThereΓΓé¼Γäós also a stripped-back, almost rural back-porch, bluesy aspect on a few

tracks (ΓΓé¼╦£Strange Moon RisingΓΓé¼Γäó being a good example) and the totality hangs

together beautifully.

The spare production works a dream, with guitar and bass textures caught well

and the cymbals deliciously crisp.

The songs seem to be mostly about fleeting unions and partings, and they find

a way to breathe poetry into what amounts to young lust.

Downbeat, elegaiac and often downright gorgeous, Through The Low Light &

Trees, like MidlakeΓΓé¼Γäós The Courage Of Others, is easy to unleash oneΓΓé¼Γäós

cynicism on. On this occasion, I would prefer to give in and submit to the

charm.

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