Sep. 12, 2012 - Issue #882: Down On The Farm
Island of Echoes
The Wilderness of Manatoba {recordings_bands_mg} Island of Echoes {/recordings_bands_mg}
Pheromone,
3
On rare occasions, the Wilderness of Manitoba risks falling into the sleepy folk trap. But there is a good amount of music here that will attract even non-folk listeners: the Toronto quintet continues to showcase just how diverse the genre can be. There are instrumental pieces in which a piano melody mimics a flowing river. Some songs are very sparse with only light guitars and soothing lullaby-like vocals to be heard. Others are more energized such as “The Aral Sea/Southern Winds,” which is more guitar and percussion heavy than the other songs and sounds like a cross between Neil Young and the Decemberists, and the anthemic “Morning Sun” would make for a nice, relaxing wake up call with its impressive chorus, increasing energy.
vueweekly.com comments: powered by Disqus
Privacy Policy:
Vue respects your privacy. We will not forward your personal information to any other organization except as required by law, and will use your e-mail address only to respond to your comments. We reserve the right to edit and remove comments for length, clarity and/or if they are illegal or inappropriate. Your email address is never shown to visitors to vueweekly.com. Read the whole policy at: http://vueweekly.com/privacy
Comments policy
Comments go online directly without first being seen or reviewed by editors at Vue. Don't personally attack people, don't be defamatory, don't be spam-atory, don't hawk your band, don't pretend to be someone else, be clear, be on topic, be nice. Read our extended comments policy here. »
We use Disqus for our comments system. What's that all about?
We found that managing the comment community at Vue was easier to do with a system like Disqus. If this isn't straightforward to you, get help here.