The Trinity Session

I think I need my eyesight checked because the cover looked so ominous but the music is so pleasant

Boring

While I like their later album Lay It Down better, I still liked this one. Her voice is captivating, but they can be a little too mellow at times. Sweet Jane is the obvious standout. Key words: Haunting Beautiful David Lynch Slow Intimate

Amazing sound paired with bland song writing and too much religion.

I haven’t listened to this in ages. What a phenomenal record. It’s intimate, haunting, feels sacred. It’s like you can tell it was recorded in a church. Margot Timmons’ voice is a balm. Normally, I lower my rating a little if there a multiple covers on a record, but this is an exception because the Junkies reimagine the covers for included here. And OMG, their Sweet Jane is honestly better than Velvet Underground’s. This album is just so emotionally moving and breathtakingly beautiful. This is what music should feel like.

Hey I really like this album, great mood with simple clean punchy guitars and vocals. Very nice.

Sadly not my thing

You snooze you lose and baby I’m out cold

quaalude junkies

Naislaulaja jolla kaunis heleä ääni ja musiikki on sitä tunnelmallisempaa sorttia

I've often heard the name, but this is my first time actually listening to Cowboy Junkies. And while I'm not the biggest fan of country, this was honestly a nice album. The singer's vocals are a high point for me, I was very impressed; immediately drawn in from the opening track. I have to say however, after reading about how acclaimed their version of "Sweet Jane" was, upon listening I was underwhelmed. That could just be because I'm not a Velvet Underground fan. I could easily see this album being added to my library. Good pull today.

This is a fairly standard country album that didn't really bore me nor felt egregious. Its two most popular tracks are covers. The Sweet Jane was nice interpretation as I like the original. Also, this is the only Sweet Jane appearance on this site because The VU's Loaded somehow never appeared in the 1001 books. That album was great.

Pretty melancholy. I really like Sweet Jane and thought I'd dig this album more than I did. Good music in general, but didn't really do much for me.

Loved every minute of this.

This album was quiet and relaxing, but not entirely engaging. I new the main track Sweet Jane, but the rest was interesting to discover.

Very atmospheric. I really enjoyed this.

It’s fine I guess not bad

Its really slow and not much happens. I can enjoy softer music but this is just the blandest most boring form of soft music. And theirs really nothing else to say. Nothing ever happens: the album/5

Very enjoyable, and a very distinct and memorable feel, which I love. I’ll be coming back to this one for sure, maybe in the middle of the night sometime. Must-listen #392.

I appreciate the recording style, the live off the floor approach definitely plays into the haunting, reverb heavy vocals and backing music. It also feels pretty authentic and DIY which I admire, you can tell these guys were just starting to build a career when they made this recording. I do think though that there are lots of other albums, equally well executed, that probably add more creativity to the genre - without doubt the biggest song on this album is a cover... I get why people like this album, and am happy to have heard it, just feel it's not quite unique enough to warrant a higher score.

I want to like this album. A Toronto based alt-country band records an entire album around a single microphone in a church. That sounds great! And it was a very pleasant album, but it was slooooooooooooooooow and nothing really grabbed my attention or really stood out beyond the Velvet Underground cover. I am happy to have listened to it, but I was really hoping for a bit more grit from a band called the Cowboy Junkies, and I don’t see myself returning to this one.

During the first track I knew this was going to be a long hour. Things actually picked up slightly and for a few tracks I was enjoying the undeniably great voice and sparse arangements. I'm not sure if the individual tracks lose steam, or if there's simply too much of it, but it did end up being a long (and slightly boring) hour.

Bland

Bom álbum.

Nice melancholic records

I wanted to like this more than I did. Canadian alt country sounded really good, but this is just too slow and mellow for me. An almost jazzy or lounge-y feel to this, which is interesting but not entirely my thing. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" was the only real standout for me, everything else was decent but just kinda blended together.

I wish this was a 10 point scale cos I do like this more than other albums I gave 3 stars. Still, my issue with this album is its sameness: there are some strong songs but collectively, not a lot of variety.

Is it just me or does anybody get this album? Because I just don’t get it. It’s coming across as though it should be dreamy rock music but actually is dreary boring one cord nightmares. I will say the last two tracks felt dark and quite sexual in a way and my ears did prick for a moment. More so with ‘postcard blues’ which was my favourite track. I also am a sucker for a female vocal and actually even though it was crap music I wasn’t getting I enjoyed listening to her droning on in during some Of the tracks. But the rest of the album never got going at all- especially the ‘blue moon’ shit which is my worst track! 2.5/10

Cowboy Junkies To quote one of their song titles back at them.... I Don't Get It. I like my Americana to be gritty or vulnerable or unhinged or funny or anything that reflects its roots. This had none of that. In fact the entire listen was a whole lot of nothing. A drone of a voice with zero emotion, boring lifeless playing, covers that drained anything genuine out of the original. I absolutely hated listening to this from the first track to the last. Best Track - the opener Worst Track - that awful Blue Moon cover 0.5/10

Chill out music.

Top ten album in Canada in 1988

Crap

Entirely forgettable.

ich verstoh nume so halbe was ich do lose. sie sind in kanada inere chile go ufneh? EIS MIKROFON?? ok krass. finds seeehr schön gad. sehr sehr tasty alles und fucking beidruckend eis mikrofon. walking after midnight huuuere krasses gitisolo. mega schön. fuck it random 5i

Ups and downs. When it's classic country/folk, I hated it. But the more "shoegazey", slow songs are actually quite cool.

Blue Moon Revisited is the crowning jewel of this album. Guitar tone alone makes this song but the Margo Timmins' vocals fit so perfectly. Wonderfully well crafted album that is meant to be slow and quiet.

Moest er een beetje in komen, maar vond het uiteindelijk toch een best leuk album met een paar mooie nummers! Ben normaal niet zo van de harmonica’s maar dit was wel prima. En mooie stem!

This album tried to set itself up for failure. The band name made it seem like this was some country hoobastank shit, and "Session" made me assume it was just some live tracks that weren't planned to be an album experience. Both were kind of misguided, they present themselves as a calm and very melodic folk group with a number of well-crafted songs recorded in an interesting way. Was it mind blowing? Not really. But still an interesting story on here in the midst of all the other samey garbage. 3/5

Like Country music in slow motion. It's slow (obviously) and drawn out, but surprisingly it all work really well. I really like these takes on old songs, they breath new life into them and bring them right into the late 80's. Yes, it's a bit cheesy, but I can live with that. Key tracks: Misguided Angel Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) [this one was bonus track, but I wonder why it didn't make the regular album]

3.5

A wonderfully subdued, vibe record. 5 stars

This is a cool album, and really foreshadows a lot of genres that would become more popular in the 90s, like slowcore and alt-country. My one knock on it is that I prefer the covers to the originals, but there's nothing bad here. Highlights for me are "Sweet Jane", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "Blue Moon Revisited". 4 stars.

Very tingly, hushed Twin Peaksy vibes on this. Perfect sleepy time music. Their cover of Sweet Jane is the sweetest one of the lot but it’s all generally pretty ace. Only better Trinity Session would be a make out session with Trinity from The Matrix. The softest of 4.5 stars.

This not at all what I expected. Maybe one of the worst, most misleading band names? I was not expecting such a sultry, bluesy vibe. A nice surprise.

Very run of the mill okay.

It was decent enough. I listened to it on a Monday morning back at work, after a long weekend in Mahon, Menorca (went to see The New Mastersounds gig, which was fucking amazing, if you're asking) so the melancholy mood was quite fitting. It was fairly repetitive, and not really the sort of thing I'd seek out. I'd be concerned if someone listened to it after the ned of a long-term relationship, or death of some close, it could easily push them over the edge.

Was ok

Chill vibes. They walked so Cigarettes After Sex could… walk… slower.

With the album art and the name of the band, I was expecting some cow-punk or country tinged punk. NOT THIS. This was much more melancholy than I expected. Very cleanly produced and played, but slow and moody. I'm glad this is on the list, but I didn't NEED to hear it, really. That being said, I wouldn't complain if I heard more of them. My Rating: 3/5

There was some good parts. Mostly seemed like whining

Man....depressing.

Some détournement going on between my expectations based on the name Cowboy Junkies vs the style of this music. The mood was largely fitting for a drizzle-dampened drive homeward from Argyle. Reminded me a lot of Low, though it was dragging quite a lot before the end. Slow and restrained to an actual fault. As sometimes happens, I can appreciate the artistry but I'm unmoved.

Beautiful, quiet music that gives you the space to listen and savor.

That's kind of music that I was looking for. Jazzy and folky, like a smoky bar.

Chilled and spooky sort-of-blues/country didn't immediately inspire much excitement but there are some factors that revealed themselves on repeat listens. Her voice is stunning, and the musicians have done an excellent job of building the sound around her. Even more impressive upon reading that this was recorded for $250 around one mic in an old church building. There are enjoyable appearances from harmonica, accordion and a skulking, menacing bassline throughout. The lead guitar hovers around waiting for its moments to seep into the foreground. I think you have to be in the right mood for this. I was not on the first listen, but I really got into it second time around and I'm already looking forward to the third.

Pure sweet music! A slow motion sledgehammer to the nervous system by way of dirt road dust.

-mournful cowgirl Sunday -this was a beautiful and very depressing accompaniment to the first day of my beach vacation. i am a sucker for sad atmospheric blues / alt country so i really enjoyed it -felt a little repetitive and samey but in some ways i think that made the sound hit even harder. 3.5 stars -Favorites: Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis), Working On A Building, Sweet Jane

Very chill and nice versions of some classic songs. Nothing crazy on here tho and the blues-y nature of it grated after a while. Cool it was recorded in one day with one mic!

This was pretty good not sure exactly what I was expecting but it was good!

Interesting to hear that this entire album was recorded with the band circled around a single mic. It's all very...slow however. Not the worst thing in the world, and perhaps it's a time and place thing, but this album never really gets going I guess? The covers of the classic country songs are fine enough and I guess this type of energy is to be expected for a folk album, though.

235. nice

Bought this because of Sweet Jane version and loved this quiet hushed tone of a band unafraid to be this quiet.

Muy tranqui. Bueno para el horario en que lo escuché. Zafa.

My wife told me to turn off that depressing music, and this was a day after I got Elliott Smith. To me this album didn’t really go anywhere. It sounded like a bunch of covers done ok

Languorous.

Op zich wel mooi. Mooie melodieen en rustige sfeervolle folkmuziek. Het is geen dertien in een dozijn achtergrondmuziek, daarvoor heeft het iets te veel sfeer. Desalniettemin is het wel erg traag. Het is een langzame plaat en op een gegevens moment zit ik er wel doorheen. "Ik weet genoeg". Ik blijk pas bij track 5 te zijn. Misschien dat the Trinity Session in een andere bui langer leuk blijft, maar vandaag zit er niet meer in. 6/10 --

The vocals are really beautiful, but the instrumentals are really slow, bordering on boring. I was sort of waiting for it to end, which is a shame, because I could listen to those vocals all day long.

These Junkies need some uppers. Pretty music, but sleepy.

quiet, slow, boring and I don't care for the lore of how the album was recorded.

I feel like "we recorded this in a really big church" was a much more interesting gimmick in concept than execution. I guess there's a little church-y reverb in there. The music itself more than makes up for that, though. I love the lead singer's voice and the totally random accordion that gets thrown into a few songs. There's a somber energy to the album that I like quite a bit too. It's just all-around a pretty good country album.

Maso

Good covers in the album but Im not into country as a genre

ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz

Look up 'chill' and you'll see this. For the right mood, it's kind of perfect, and today was that mood. Nice to see some Cdn content

Every. Single. Song. Is. The. Same. Also I want to slit my wrists.

Incredible vibes. Mellowing out in a New Orleans jazz dive bar.

ikke i mega humør til blues/baroque, country folk osv på dagen, men det blev jeg godt nok hurtigt, hold da op en stemning det skaber. Det er åbenbart også lidt studiet som er blevet brugt som et "instrument" fordi det er optaget omkring én mikrofon det hele. Det virker super intimt og massere af smukke sange på albummet, må jeg sige. Studiet var en kirke og de skiftedes til at stå henholdsvis tættere eller længere væk fra mikrofonen, da de måtte kontrollere lyden på anden vis da man ikke bare kunne skrue op og ned i efterredigering åbenbart? De fortolkede mange forskellige sange og gjorde dem helt til deres egen.

Favourite Songs: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Walking After Midnight

Boring and slow. I was waiting for it to finish from very early on.

o lord. literally anyone can get on this list.

Aaayyy me encantaa tiene un ritmo tan suave y nostalgico 🫠

Oooh, Trinity Sessions is one 53 minute snoozefest. The cover of Sweet Jane is the best song, followed by Working On A Building. The rest of the album seemed like one long song. L = (1.0*s) I fell asleep, but then Sweet Jane roasted me for one song, then I went back to sleep. J = (1.75*s) this one made the list because of the one microphone in the middle of the Trinity Church.

Heard of the band and thought they were more of a grunge act for some reason. Maybe the name. Can't quite put my finger on the genre of this Trinity Session. It's country, it's folky, it's bluesy, it's jazzy, and it's loungy. I like the recording approach with just a single mic in the middle of the band play. Felt like you were amongst them. Overall, a bit too slow for me but it's a well crafted album. Worthy of a listen at 2.56 stars.

Pretty impressive to huddle a handful of musicians around a single microphone and get recording with this high of sound quality out of it. The Trinity Session is equal parts blues, country, folk and acoustic rock without really committing to any of them. While I was enjoying the minimalist approach for the first few songs, the formula got a little played out by the end of the album. The whole thing stays within a pretty controlled lane through the entire duration of it, so even if it isn't bad there isn't much variety to keep you interested as the tracks fade by. All in all it wasn't really my thing but I can understand why someone would enjoy this. The vocals are the focal point of the whole album which provides the backbone of every song. Throw in some mild acoustics, light drums and a myriad of support instruments when needed from harmonicas, mandolins, accordions, etc. It's not a bad collection, but also not one that I will go out of my way for moving forward. An OK album on a single listen but I don't expect it to have any staying power within my longterm memory when this list wraps up. Just a middle of the pack album that I will forget about when this list ends. 2.38 stars

Beautiful singing voice, very dreamy, but literally putting me to sleep. Should've been called "The Sleepy Session".

A bit too slow for me

Some pretty tunes - some folky, some jazzy, and a Velvets cover - but the sleepy energy wasn't inspiring, and I'm afraid I found it dull.

Kinda slow. Joni Mitchell vibes

A classic album and possibly their best .

Sweet Jane

This sounds like music that would play during a slower scene in a murder mystery film, like a dinner scene in a fancy restaurant or something. Except that scene actually lasts 90% of the runtime of the film and makes the whole thing the most boring and pointless thing you've ever seen. Like just a song or two is fine, but a whole album of this is just so unnecessary, every song sounds exactly the same and they are all equally boring. I guess this is fine as background music, but even then you want at least a little bit of diversity even for music you aren't fully focusing on.

I usually dont like 'country' but this one doesnt feel like it. I enjoyed it very much. 3.55

I am a big fan of Canadian music, but this just didn’t do much for me.

Красивая тихая музыка, но сейчас меня такая не вкатывает

Неплохо

На удивление весбма приятная теплая музыка. Некоторые вайбы митски в голосе

больше всего понравился именно кавер на velvet underground, а так вообще будто бы мимо меня, хотя на фоне и вполне себе ок было их слушать - 3

Lady has a beautiful voice I would give it 4 but I feel like I would not be listening to it all the time ,too melancholy for me

Very sad quite boring but has a nice tinge to it 1.5 stars

not for me

Finstämt och snyggt men sövande tråkigt. Hon låter tyvärr ibland som en blandning mellan Cissi Wallin och ett coverband på finlandsbåten när det ska bli lite ”rivigt”.

Finstämt! Njöt mer än vad jag trodde. Stark trea!

An after hours chillout classic! When you're ready to take the journey, the destination will be very interesting

I loved some songs. Overall haunting and dreamy (but sometimes a bit boring).

Album #207 Cowboy Junkies: The Trinity Session Another album which I had never heard of before, and after listening, I have found a few things that it has going for it. One is that they are Canadian, which is always good for a boost in ratings for me; two is that they have a Velvet Underground cover, which, like many who have covered the Velvets, is unsurprisingly the best song on the album; and three is that they recorded the album in an old church with just one microphone, which is pretty damn cool. The downsides to the album are that they recorded the whole thing in a church with one microphone. At times, this creates an ethereal Lynchian effect which helps transcend the song, and at other times, it leaves the song feeling incredibly one-note and boring. I think if this thing were more trimmed down to around 35-40 minutes, you have yourself an absolute cult classic; but at the current 50-minute run-time, I can’t help but feel bored at times. Still a really cool find, and I’ll definitely add a few tracks to a playlist. Best Songs: Sweet Jane, Blue Moon Revisited, Misguided Angel Worst Song: Postcard Blues Score out of 10: 7

Blues con toques folk. Meh. Musica de cafetería de especialidad sin alma pero con buen producto 2,5/5

Skillfully crafted, beautiful, ethereal... but it's not really foreground music, is it? This is the sort of album you put on to induce a calm mental state while you get something else accomplished.

The cover of Sweet Jane is hauntingly beautiful, but I am never sure if I really like it or not. The rest of the album feels like that as well. I am sure that there are some days for me that this album would really hit, but just as many times that it misses.

I found it interesting but not engaging.

Some originals, some covers, all make me go straight to sleep. It's not that this isn't a fine record with talented musicians and vocals but it's so slow and peaceful they should have called it The Lullaby Session.

I enjoyed moments of this album but it was almost too chill for me today. The Twin Peaks comparisons are pretty accurate.

How did they manage to make Sweet Jane this boring?

Just kinda boring

The Sweet Jane cover is rightfully a classic but I'll always be a sucker for anything that wears its Toronto on its sleeve.

I had a different impression of what this band would sound like. But this album was very sweet.

This was a really great surprise. An atmospheric and moody country album that just really drew me in. Loved the mix of original songs and covers - and that the covers weren't just traditional standards, but drawing from bands like Velvet Underground.

Good album but too chill

Really lovely sound but a chore to sit through the entire album.

I love Margo Timmins voice. I like how Cowboy Junkies disturbed the alternative rock scene by lowering the volume. I love their music taste that shows in the songs they cover. I love their original music. They are one of a kind. They started a quiet revolution and opened the door for the alternative country scene that stumbled in after them. I saw them play in the 90s at my favorite grubby club and it was the first and only time I saw them put folding chairs out on the floor. The Cowboy Junkies demand that you sit and listen. Please be quiet.

decent record, was slower than i thought it’d be, the band name made me feel like it’d be more energetic but it was way more mellow, but now bad

This is Kinda a slog. Her voice is great and the lyrics are good. But neither of them are great enough to justify the pace of this.... It's like painfully slow. But... This set played a Berlin in MPLS, 4 old fashioneds and 5 cigarettes would go crazy.

Super saai

Charming

i keep running into this issue with this website of "Yes this is a great album but is it a YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT BEFORE YOU DIE!!!!!!!" And though i like this album this is not that.

Good lord, what a slog. Low-key irritated that something like THIS was chosen to be among the scant Canadian content on this list.

Scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. Kind of a Canadian Mazzy Star but uniquely its own thing. Great vocals, great covers.

Her voice is good, nothing wrong with the songs themselves either, just got a bit bored after 40 mins. Would’ve loved even one song where she did something different with her singing.

Finding this in high school really opened my mind to what kind of music I enjoy. I like slow, sad music. This hits.

Avoid!!!

I love alt country, and I also have an affinity for late 80s indie music. It's so outside what was popular at the time, and the Trinity Sessions is a great example of what non-commercial artists were doing at the time.

⭐⭐⭐ Alt country/Folk rock. Det är långsamt, stillsamt och lågmält. Det är ok, kan uppskatta det men kanske saknar det lilla extra. Tycker om Margo Timmins sång och soundet känns inte som något från 80-talet utan något mycket senare. Skulle inte ha något emot att lyssna på albumet igen men kommer förmodligen glömma bort det. Tycker bäst om albumets covers och då främst Sweet Jane som är riktigt bra. Bäst är Misguided angel, Blue Moon, Sweet Jane

enraged me so much 🤬

Maybe the music isn't that bad after all. But Margo Timmins's saccharine cooing really gets on my nerves. 2/5

Boring as hell but the instrumentals were nice but so slow and depressing

Good

#420 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ I have a bad feeling about this, even before I've hit play. I do not like country nor do I enjoy most charting pop music. The vocalists voice is quite pleasing, but that's about it for the likes on my part. There are a lot of similarities soundwise to 80's finnish pop music, that is a major turn off for me. I feel like 1/5 but give 2/5, since the vocalist would be so nice in literally anything else.

stunning. Calm, dreamy, bluesy. I loved this. Even worked for me on a hot summer day like today, while hiding from the heat in a shade of the office. Really glad this album is on the list, what a great discovery.

No thank you, I'll pass on that

An awesome, dense album from a band I’ve never heard of before.

Boring from start to end with no standout moment for me. 4/10 is generous

I was not impressed. But I will give it an extra point for the female lead singer.

I enjoyed this more than expected. Mellow.

Great stuff. I'd only ever known Sweet Jane before, but this album is good. I love how she creates an easy intimacy with her voice and then the band "plays under" her to complete a jazz-rock mood.

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This was a beautiful album and Margo Timmins has a lovely voice. As other have said, all the songs on this album as slow in tempo. I feel like you need to be in a specific mood for this record.

I like the atmosphere on this album. I don't know what I was expecting from this album, but I never would have guessed this delicate-sounding mix of rock-ish country, and like... lullabies? Almost? I'm not sure why I thought these guys were some other genre. There's something important about the way you name your band, I guess. "*Cowboy" Junkies," in retrospect should have tipped me off. I think it was the "Junkies" part that threw me. I'd have been listening a long time before this, had I known they sounded like this. Their rendition of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry was so much more impactful to me than the original. She really has a way of communicating the sadness and desolation that Hank Williams didn't relay to me. It's a whole different song. Everything on this album is just so delicate. I love it No bullshit half stars here. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

What an incredibly boring album.

They seemed to have cornered the market on the hushed rock and vocals niche (although Billie Eilish does it now as well). Rock music for the Sunday morning brunch. So easy to listen to; and Sweet Jane is a classic.

Mining For Gold - 3/5 Misguided Angel - 4/5 Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) - 4.5/5 I Don't Get It - 3/5 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - 3.5/5 To Love Is To Bury - 3.5/5 200 More Miles - 3/5 Dreaming My Dreams With You - 3.5/5 Working On A Building - 3.5/5 Sweet Jane - 3/5 Postcard Blues - 3.5/5 Walking After Midnight - 4.5/5

I'd call this country dream pop mixing two genres I don't really like or get. One song of this would be fine pleasantly reminding me of Twin Peaks. But the while album just gets tedious...

With tinges of The Velvet Underground, this album is a bit too subdued for me. I'm not as impressed with Sweet Jane as others due to the absence of the original melody. Decent mellow background music.

It reminds me of lounge-folk with a hint of jazz (aka kd lang’s Shadowland). Other than that there’s not much variation in the songwriting, delivery, and instrumentation, which does make sense that this record was made as a live session. Even still, I can’t believe this album is 50 minutes long. It makes it seem like double that. I couldnt wait for this to end. At least Bob Dylan showed some diversity in the albums on this generator (1.5-2).

4 de 5 The Trinity Session es un álbum que fusiona folk, country, blues y grabado en una sola toma dentro de la Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad en Toronto utilizando un solo micrófono, destaca por su atmósfera íntima y su sonido acústico, con una pureza técnica y artística inigualables, dando como resultado una obra cálida, melancólica y profundamente minimalista A destacar: Track 2 - Misguided Angel Track 3 - Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis Track 5 - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Track 7 - 200 More Miles Track 10 - Sweet Jane Track 12 - Walking After Midnight

This album was fine throughout. But maybe they will grow on me.

Was not expecting this type of music, but it was pretty nice

An incredible cool and calming listening experience. The lead singer's voice is soothing yet just powerful enough to avoid being too soft or whimpy. A lot of nice twists on some classics here as well.

A beautiful voice on that singer. Some pretty cool covers mixed in with a few originals from a band I'm not sure I'd ever heard of. (3.5/5)

Cool cover of Sweet Jane on here but exists in one mode for like, the whole thing. Not bad at all but I listened to this on Wednesday and promptly forgot about it!

This album has that "moving cross country as a child at 5 AM before the sun has risen and you're looking out of the rear windshield at your childhood home for the last time" type energy. Haunting yet somehow very calming. I can see why so many people are associating this with Lynch.

This is definitely need to be in the correct mood album. It's a funeral in the rain for sure. Owned this album for years, only listened start to finish a few times, not that I don't like. It's either absolutely great or dull, depending how feel. So middle 3 Star.

Lekker maar wel wat gezapig op een gegeven moment

I don't really like live albums, but I do like albums that have quirky recording situations, like this one. Recording everything with only one mic in a church is an incredible decision, and I think it really works in setting the mood and tone of the album. I don't love her voice, but musically, everything else is really locked in and sounds great. They don't struggle with dynamics or poor levels, despite only recording everything on one mic. This is an album that, the more I listen, the more I fall in love with it. At first, I wasn't sure if I'd like listening to this straight through. Like breaking it up into smaller segments or mixing it into a playlist with other music might make it stand out more. But it does kind of creep up on you, and just make itself at home in your soul. I'm even growing to enjoy her voice more as I listen. It's still probably the weakest part of the album, but it feels so inviting and comfortable, especially with how slow and quiet the rest of the band is playing. The secondary instruments are definitely the highlight for me: the electric licks in the bluesier songs, the fiddle and steel guitar in the more country songs. Even the drums have some really nice parts. And an accordion solo on the last song??? Insane.

It's ok, sister, I don't get it either. But here we are. The universe doesn't really care, does it? Very pretty. I was expecting country and got blues. Not mad at it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I went to put out my trash cart this morning before sunrise and there was a chicken walking around my yard and driveway. I live in a city. Where did this chicken come from?

Beautiful most of the time but also too slow and sparse. Maybe not a good idea to listen to while I’m really tired.

Un raro sentimiento al escuchar el álbum me gustó aunque la calificación puede ser confusa. siento que el sonido country con los tonos lentos son algo que van muy bien juntos traigan me un café o talvez un whiskey sera un álbum difícil de procesar

lowkey not what i expected

ze heeft een mooie stem... verder was dit net zo slaapverwekkend als een gemiddelde voetbalmatch

Really easy music to listen to, but nothing blew me away. Just enjoyable, quiet folk music Favorite Song: I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry, Sweet Jane

6 out of 5. you need to listen to the revisited cd as well...magical

Pleasant but a little bit boring

meh

4/10

It's an interesting album. I can see why they call it Alternative Country music. It sounds like rock and country with the country sound being more prevalent. It's a pretty good album overall. I like the cover of Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground.

A chill indie rock album the whole way through. It's not interesting enough to get all the way up to a 5/5, though I enjoyed it from beginning to end. 4/5

Relaxing, pleasant, sleepy

It's all very country and mellow and lullaby-ish which is fine for treating insomnia but for me it's just average, liked when it went all bluesy at the end though.

It's light and mild night on the prairie junkie high on mexican dirt.

The band name and wikepedia description is a bit of a red herring, this is good listening and not what I expected at all. Feeling a strong 3 to a light 4. Really wanna give it a 4 but will settle for 3. Top tracks : blue moon, sweet jane

An incredible voice that is just accompanied by music I couldn’t get into. Still some songs kept me going through my listen. I don’t get it, 200 more miles, and sweet Jane were certainly the stand outs for me

Pros: its slow and moody Cons: its slow and moody

I really liked this, it was very chilled and pretty. Great for an early lazy sunny morning.

Un disco especial, del que nunca te cansas. La voz de Margo fue entonces todo un descubrimientoy sigue sonando hoy igual de delicada. La banda está sublime, esos acordeones y guitarras slide, con un sonido íntimo pero cálido. No es country, no es flok, no es slowcore, ni amerciana. es todo eso y mucho más. La portada no es ninguna maravilla, el interior del disco aún menos. Parco como pocos. Low bien debieron escucharlos con fruición. Por aquel entonces no estaban Spain, Wilco, Tindersticks, Lambchop... hablamos del 88 donde Madchester o el House arrasaban. Tal vez 10.000 Maniacs fueran algo similar pero con mucho menos talento. This Mortal Coil eran otra cosa. Los Cowboy Junkies son esenciales. Aquí inician con Mining for Gold, un clásico desde el primer surco. Misguided Angel y Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) son aún mejores. Me quedo con To Love Is to Bury, de mis favoritas. Sweet Jane, narcótica y anestesiada, es el tema más conocido del álbum. Una versión digna de estar entre las mejores covers de la historia, y no hablamos de una canción cualquiera. Working On A Building es otro tema precioso, como la casi a capella Postcard Blues. Walking After Midnight es un buen cierre. Bonnie Raitt podía descansar tranquila, tenía heredera.

Cool concept, terrible execution. This woman is sooooooooo boring to listen to sing.

This album makes me feel like I'm at some dimly lit bar or saloon. Very somber and slow but beautiful. I Don't Get It and I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry were my favorites. 6.3/10.

Fell asleep several times. The lead singer's voice is pretty, but the music is SLOOOOOW. Makes you think of the sloth in Zootopia. Definitely not something I will ever listen to again.

- This is pleasant enough, it's nice as background music, but it does make me feel sleepy. - It started out well - I find the first half more interesting than the second half, minus Sweet Jane, the standout - this cover is great (the other songs can't really compete, tbh). - The singer's voice is really smooth and has a nice tone. Not a tone of range, but it's a nice counterpoint to the music. I didn't really make out the lyrics because it was all so background. - A little too much country twang instrumentation throughout, but for the most part, the instrumentation supports the chill vibe.

The "Sweet Jane" cover is an amazing song. I strongly want to like the rest of the album as much as this song, but I'm not there. Her voice is great, the vibe is great, etc. But the songs are just OK.

Relentlessly lonesome and melocholy, but also imediate and beautiful.

Her vocals are pretty amazing and I was pretty captivated for the first couple of songs. But the spell wore off over the course of the album. The covers don't feel very inspired and it all just kind of blurred together despite multiple listens. Not sorry I gave it a shot and would be curious about other albums from them - but not sure I'll come back to this one much.

first album i've enjoyed in a little while, i'm a sucker for a harmonica whilst simultaneously fighting the allegations of loving white-boy-blues. Can safely say that the Cowboy Junkies are better than that

This was clearly influential - it was like listening to Cigarettes After Sex but 30 years in advance - and I did appreciate the change of pace. I could have done without Blue Moon (Man City have ruined that song) but, partisan football allegiances aside, it was a good listen and a pleasing bit of variety.

What a nice change of pace this was. For a list that seems to celebrate more maximalist approaches to music, that this was centred on a number of musicians gathered around one microphone and a much more rudimentary approach this was welcome. Slow, but methodical, I’m sure some could see this as being boring but I can really hear the influence of something like this on other slowcore bands like ‘Low’. Sometimes less is more.

3.58

6/10 - Its very calming and has its time and place. But ultimately is a little samey Fav Tracks: Misguided Angel, Blue Moon Revisited, 200 More Miles Heard before? ---–- ❌ Saved a Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? --–-- ❌ Will Listen Again? -- ✅ Album Cover -------Is that a carton of milk? next to a bottle of win?

Rv

Loved this. I think you have to be in the right setting for it. Rainy day music or nighttime as long as you’re not driving. Beautiful music. The steel guitar was great.

Pretty good, but a lot the same from one song to the next.

I'd give it 4.5 if I could. Super mellow and nice.

Restrained and quietly beautiful although hardly a toe tapping food time. Their version of Patsy Clines Walking After Midnight is an absolute cracker.

Beautiful voice

Mid af, nothing wrong but nothing good at all in my opinion

Not sure if it’s the lack of sleep or the stress of having my flight rebooked five times but I quite liked this Also the band is canadian! And I’m going to canada! And I’m quite behind of ratings but I’ll use this weekend to catch up

I liked this, i get what it was trying to do. I felt like musically and lyrically the whole album tied together really nicely

just dull, "Sweet Jane" was decent 1.5

This is a relaxed and nice album of country standards by a band that sounds similar to Low (at least here) without capturing the really slow longing brilliance of them. Surely it is a good listen but to have it on this list? I don't see the necessity.

More interesting than I expected, a pleasant record

this was a deligtful inclusion, never heard of them before

Hmmm. Aldri hørt om før. Var litt merkelig.

This was decent, quite beautiful, the singing is lush. There’s a decent set of covers in there. Particular highlight was I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. Outside of that though it was a lil bland 3.0/5.0 Best Song: I’m So Lonesome

Some fun covers, and i like the general vibe of the album but it isn't anything to write home about.

Mining for Gold 3 Misguided Angel 3.3 Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) 3.1 I Don't Get It 3.4 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 3 To Love Is to Bury 3.1 200 More Miles 3 Dreaming My Dreams with You 2.4 Working on a Building 3.4 Sweet Jane 3.6 Postcard Blues 3 Walkin' After Midnight 3.4 Score: 3.141666667

Beautiful, relaxed music for a sunny day

nada mal, sonaba muy bonito, lo de que estuviese grabado en una iglesia es increíble, no es el álbum de mi vida pero me ha gustado

Nice tones from the female singer a celtic folk vibe. i quite liked the cover of Blue Moon. It was all preasent enough perjhaps a little long

Listening to this was not what I expected. Very slow and bluesy type of music, soft female vocal, sounds like something you'd hear in the background at a biker bar or a jazz type club where people sip on martinis and watch a slow band on stage. Its not bad, not my kind of thing, and I don't see myself seeking out anymore of this artist or this type of music. Low energy, nothing jumps out at me, kind of makes me sleepy, kind of also makes me want to throw on a leather jacket, ride my chopper to a dive bar and sit alone over a glass of whiskey. It is what it is.

Good album. The sound is intimate. Margo's voice is great. I liked what someone said about this being somehow reminiscent of some David Lynch stuff. I "don't love" the fact that the song I enjoyed the most is a cover ("Sweet Jane"), but it's still a very good album. I'd say clearly 4 stars. I like this kind of slow music where you can basically hear every instrument an every note. It feels really "jazzy". Some of my favourite songs: "Blue Moon Revisited", "I'm so lonesome I could cry", "To Love is To Bury", . One of the best surprises I've had since embarking on this project.

Das Album lebt von seiner zerbrechlichen Ruhe: Eine Stimme, der warme Raumklang, die entschleunigten Country‑Balladen. Das hat eine hypnotische Schönheit. Gleichzeitig wirkt das Album über die volle Länge sehr gleichförmig, fast zu sanft, um wirklich zu fesseln.

Not super familiar but this was awesome

Very pretty, slow-burning songs, almost with a pastoral feel to it. Individually the songs are really good but as a whole listen it can get a bit tiring. I can easily see this becoming someone's personal favorite. Maybe even mine in the future, who knows.

This was great. Sulty, swoony, top-tier lounge music. I think listening to this group live while sipping a dirty martini might actually make me like olives.

I had a friend that liked Cowboy Junkies. Not long after, we weren't friends anymore. 2

Cowboy Junkies are an alternative country band from Canada, so that’s new. The album was recorded in a church, which gives it that echo. The music is a mixture of original and covers (Marcels, Lou Reed, Patsy Cline). Although they are classified as country, the tracks sound bluesy. Mostly slow moving but ok.

Hmm. Pretty voice, but these songs are awful sleepy. Definitely better than Norah Jones, but I don't know if that comparison makes me want to rate it higher (3) or lower (2). I'll go 3 in honor of Elvis.

Some nice moments in this

this should probably be considered the gold standard for contemporary country music. the beautiful vocals make it a very relaxing, soft listen, and the occasional bouts of accordion and harmonica help add that authentic, non-corporate country flavor. that being said, very few of the individual tracks stand out, and they all kinda flow together. a good time, but not a super memorable one.

Oh this is ace

Loved the singer's voice (finally a woman!). Really liked the sound of the music and the chill vibes. Thought I would maybe give this five stars, my first. But then the harmonica came in... Which is one of my least favorite instruments.

This started off promising, and I was stoked to hear a female vocalist but it got very boring very quickly

If there’s a genre called “ambient Americana”, this album is its example. Gorgeous, atmospheric, and slow — slow in a good way, a slow that says ‘we’re in no rush here, sink in’. Margo Timmons’ lush voice builds a hypnotic vibe that infuses these songs with sad sweetness. Lou Reed understood that ‘Sweet Jane’ belongs to the Junkies now. I didn’t want it to end.

No fav song

This album sounds like if Twin Peaks was set in Arizona, instead of Washington. The pace is slow, deliberate; the instrumentals are spacey and laid-back; Timmins' vocals are intimate and warbling. The music swings and shimmies in a haze, smokey with age, like French hennessy. There's something very beautiful about how simple this album is, just melancholic and slow country ballads, which make you feel like you're a cowboy in the middle of Navajo country, with a 'gal' waiting for you back home on a wraparound porch, putting up bunting in the last light of the Sun.

What a beautiful and quiet album. It’s something I’d have to dedicate more than a day to fully appreciate, as it doesn’t immediately jump out to me as the kind of music I’d normally listen to. Reading about how it was recorded was really cool, but at this point in my life, the genre just isn’t for me.

Heidi’s chem professor loves this band

Put me to sleep

An extremely successful exercise in creating and sustaining mood and atmosphere. Even if it's all just a little too down tempo for my tastes I applaud the method.

Stille og roligt album. Ikke noget særlig specielt. Godt til baggrunden over en samtale og et glas vin. Et album jeg vil høre igen: nej 2,7/5

The cover of "Sweet Jane" is a gem. The rest of the album bored me to tears. All the songs sounded alike. I wonder if I had already been a fan of the band, if this special recording in a church would have rung differently. I was listening to it on headphones while going about my day, and throughout, either forgot I was listening to anything (it was that bland), or thought it was on repeat, and that the same song was playing over and over. The music is good, I suppose, but I found the album boring.

What is this album of slow, boring covers? If they are best known for covering Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane", why not just assign us Loaded? What is the point of including this on the list?

472/1089 - It's a very calm and peaceful listen. The singer's vocal quality reminds me of Beth Gibbons and Tracey Thorn. She compliments the soft clean guitars and brush drums. I'm in-between a 3 and 4 on this because I think it's very good at what it wants to do but I also don't like it very much, or more-so I need to be in the right mood for it. It's cool that they made listening to The Velvet Underground tolerable. Turns out when you have someone who's in tune it makes things a lot better.

From the first couple seconds of the first track I was prepared for this album to make me feel sad and melancholy, and it did not disappoint!

This album is a very laid-back, breezy, country/folk album. The singer's voice is beautiful, but as other reviewers said, it is slow and kind of boring. The songs all pretty much flow together in a similar fashion. I guess I wished there was more variety and hooks that kept me interested. Besides, country music isn't really a genre I favor.

607/1001 2026.05.05 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

I liked it. It yee'd my haw. The vocals could have gone a bit deeper and I feel that would fit it better with the music. Instrumentation was great though, and the church ambience made everything feel big with all the reverb going on. Will be revisiting a track here or there.

Stripped back country, a few covers thrown in, including their take on the Velvet Underground. it's OK.

5 stars before even finding the vinyl and putting on repeat , There is something about a mournful female voice paired with a steel guitar that is heartbreakingly beautiful (auto correct wanted to change that to brutal - which seems to fit equally)

Ah, I listened to this a LOT after it came out and became a Cowboy Junkies fan. This particular album is still the best though, It's recorded in a church with one microphone, you hear some background noises, there's natural echo, it's very atmospheric. Musically great, with some covers yes (but excellent ones) and Margo's voice is very fitting. Unfortunately, the Cowboy Junkies will always remind me of cold tea and bad stage acts. The album is still a five though. (I saw a live gig on TV. At the start, Margo dipped a tea bag in a cup of hot water. I though oh well, she's entitled to her tea and maybe she has a cold. Not so. 1.5 h into the gig and in-between songs, she was STILL dipping the same tea bag in the same, now undoubtedly cold, cup. She clearly put a lot of thought in this stage act. Now, I'm not saying everyone should be biting animals' heads off on stage, but the tea dipping did not work for me. It still ruins my Cowboy Junkies listening experience, two decades later.)

Woooah. This was a surprise. I looove dynamic range. Loved the singing, the beautifully recorded, and played instruments, the atmosphere, everything. What a way to celebrate 1000th album. Strooong 4. Might be a 5 with a few more listens.

A one-take “live” album whose slow, relaxed, but sometimes dark Americana (yes I recognize they’re Canadians) remains so compelling even upon repeated listening because of the power compressed in that laconic pace. If feels as if it will explode at any moment.

2.5. Previous 2.5 as well

3.5 stars I knew nothing about this band (except unbeknownst to me their “Sweet Jane” cover). The vibe of this album did it for me. The tone was set and I dug it. Still a bit overlong and I didn’t necessarily love all of it, but all in all it’s a good find and I’d revisit it in the right mood.

Too bland for my taste.

Good

Dope

I respect the Cowboy Junkies and it's great to see an important Canadian album represented in this list, but honestly this album puts me to sleep.

Sleepy time snooze

tak sie swietnie bawie zr nestem na 2 piosence i albo zaraz usne albo to wylacze ciezko bylo

The vocalist reminds me of Tori Amos a little bit. This feels like a mix of the country I grew up on mixed with stuff I listen to now. I wasn't expecting a frontwoman, but I was pleasantly surprised! Very slow and atmospheric at times, but honestly it's a vibe. I can see myself coming back to this every now and then, it'll probably only grow on me with time. Very calming, beautiful, and reflective. 3.75/5

first listen had me floating, second listen had me sleeping

Muy tranquilo para tener de fondo

College era album - super moody, blues rooted, Sweet Jane cover top shelf!

Don't have a whole lot to say about it

God the mixing on this... If I want to hear the vocals I have have my ears blasted out by harmonica! You absolutely *can* tell this was recorded on only one microphone (in a bad way!) Overall it was really good still and I enjoyed it when I wasn't frantically slamming my thumb on the volume down button

Beautiful vocals and song writing, I especially loved Postcard Blues and To Love Is To Bury

Beautiful Enough said.

nothing mindblowing to me but i see why this was so important for its time. a great mood throughout.

The pedal steel on this is great. The recording is warm and soothing, as are the vocals. Standout (mostly because the others are mixed really low volume) tracks: "To Love Is to Bury", "Sweet Jane", "I Don't Get It"

I have always liked the Sweet Jane cover (although do prefer the VU version) - have never listened to the rest of the album (my sister had it but would not let me borrow it), I particularly liked the etheral opener - Mining for Gold - but sadly album does not quite sustain this beauty and it becomes a bit country lite.

The Trinity Session On first listen I thought this was great. I didn’t really know what to expect, but I thought it was rather lovely, with a quiet, graceful, beguiling stillness to it. I was slightly less into it on repeat listens though, or specifically I was less into the first half, aside from the beautiful Mining For Gold, where the brushy drums and light jazziness feel a mite too breezy. The bass on Blue Moon is great, and it’s hard to make a bad version of such a great song, but I don’t think it quite works. However it really picks up from Dreaming My Dreams With You, where the reverby guitars and hushed, bluesy country moodiness really is fantastic, evoking both Mazzy Star and a Lynchian/Twin Peaks ethereal atmosphere. Those final 5 songs are superb, particularly the excellent versions of Working on a Building and Sweet Jane, and the fantastic take on Walking After Midnight. I’m not sure where that lands it, the opening song and the final 5 tracks are stellar, but I do get a bit lost over the first half. Rather sadly, I think that means it just lands short of a 4. 💉💉💉 Playlist submission: Working on a Building _Ps - I listened to the version that had songs not on the original vinyl_

I saw this described as 'slowcore'. Quite apart from the naming convention of putting 'core' after a characteristic of the music that seems to have been prevalent in the American 90s, as well as porn, if the overriding takeaway is 'slow' then the music hasn't really worked. How was the album? Slow. How was the film? Slow. How is your son? Slow. None of it is good. Neither is it bad. It's just very, very undwhelming. At best there are a number of tracks here that would sit well with Emmylou Harris, or maybe even Nancy Griffith - including the lilting 'Misguided Angel'. A yawnfest.

7/10 salvados por una armónica, sino te morías de aburrimiento. Canción destacada: Blue moon revisited

🥱⭐⭐⭐

well now i’m sad

Low low energy. Low low interest in this.

country mit erträglicher instrumentalisierung und tempo.

Ein schönes Album

Good

Did very unexpectedly warm up to this one over the course of the album. Not really my thing in general, but I'd listen to it again.

Intimate and moody, this album was a great sleepy listen in the morning. Strings and steel guitar gave this album a huge boost.

Good lyrics, recording and female singer.

Muy buen álbum. Fue grabado todo de una en una iglesia en Toronto. Se siente la atmósfera serena, muy natural. Es una fusión muy copada de blues + country. Overall, goosebumps, especialmente Postcard Blues.

Okay, so, this was the album that reminded me you really need to pay attention to what activity you're performing while listening to an album in order to properly enjoy it, provided you're not solely listening to the album with nothing else going on.

Very western. Such cowboy. Wow. Nice for a dusty trip

I'm not too familiar with this artist, and this is my first time listening to an album of theirs. I recognize the coversongs by name, though. But otherwise, I don't have any expectations for this. I don't know, this is a little too "House Band in a coffee shop in a David Lynch movie" for me. It's not terrible, but if you asked me why this album is on this list, I guess I could say "I Don't Get It"

Not my thing at all.

I was meh on the album until I realized the mix made the singers "ess" sounds all squeeky/whistly. Really grated on me by the end of the record.

Het album gaat mij op veel momenten net iets te traag. Misschien raak je na een paar keer daar wel aan gewend en is dat fijn, maar ik zat het niet met plezier te luisteren. Ik vond het wel een mooie cover van blue moon. Ik vind dat als je covers gaat doen je het helemaal eigen moet maken en dat hebben ze goed gedaan, maar als het beste nummer van het album een cover is dan kan ik het geen voldoende geven.

Heb dit album een paar keer opnieuw moeten luisteren omdat ik mijn aandacht er niet bij kon houden. Soms komt een album niet op het juiste moment. Voor dit album heb je even tijd nodig om te luisteren. Als je tussendoor wat anders aan het doen bent gaat het langs je heen. Het is een mooie opname en knap hoe ze dit hebben opgevoerd en opgenomen. Het is emotie wat niet schreeuwt of veel aandacht vraagt, alleen voor mensen die willen luisteren. Het is gecontroleerd, wat ook komt door de manier van opnemen. Het is ok, er mag van mij meer spanning in.

Ik vind ‘ t vaak wel tof dat artiesten experimenteren met opnames, zo lees ik dat ze voor dit album met de band rondom één mic dit hebben opgenomen in een kerk. Je hoort het ook terug in de akoestiek, het heeft een natuurlijke galm. Het album kabbelt rustig voort, hoewel ik het waardeer dat artiesten iets nieuws proberen mist het voor mijn gevoel wat dynamiek, alles lijkt op hetzelfde tempo en hetzelfde volume te zitten. Hierdoor wordt ‘ t geheel wel een beetje saai ook doordat de productie vrij minimaal is. Nadat het album was afgelopen, ging de auto play over op een nummer van hun wat in de studio is geproduceerd, het klonk direct een stuk helderder en dynamischer en daardoor dus wat interessanter.

I loved this

Cool

I wonder what I have been confusing this with for the last 30 years. Very glad to be corrected!

great to fall asleep to

While I get that this thing is supposed to be slow alt-country record, I think it is way too slow. To start with its positives, I appreciate the approach of the songs, trying to create very pleasant and relaxing vibes. All the instruments, including the vocals, are incredibly quite and delicate, creating a warm atmosphere. The problem is how much I can enjoy this mood before it becomes overwhelming, as there is not a song that truly breaks the monotony of the aesthetic and sound. There are only two things that really change (obviously excluding the lyrics): One are the rhythms, altering between blues and country rhythms, and the other are the additional instruments, like the harmonica in "I Don't Get It" or the strings in "To Love is To Bury". Apart from that, the songs are incredibly similar, if not by structure, then spirit or melodic-wise. Maybe the three to four first tracks work quite well, but after that, the album becomes a bit tedious and too one-dimensional.

When it’s good, it’s gentle, it’s delicate. But most of the time, it took things a step too far and was too safe. "Mining For Gold" had a part in it that sounded like "God Bless America", so there’s that. Otherwise, I had a hard time digging my teeth into this record, as it was wholly unexciting. Is there a place for this music? Yeah, maybe. But wherever that place is, you'd have to play this out at max volume. It's a painfully quiet record. I liked the accordion and wobbly strings pairing with the slide guitar on "To Love Is To Bury" quite a bit. An amalgamation of sound that fluffs up the romantic side of this project. I'm not sure I hear the mass appeal in "Sweet Jane" according to spotify's numbers. Can I hear the good in this? Yeah, but this just isnt up my alley. Happens every once in a while. I think ambient music performs the same function for me that this album performs for a lot of other people. Strong 2/5

Hauntingly beautiful soothing voice. Melancholic mood and bittersweet lyrics, some even tragic and downright depressing. Fits a chill evening, but very little variety in sound, you get tired/bored halfway through the album. Favourites: Misguided Angel, I Don't Get It.

4/5

very slow/quiet but not in a bad way. Really beautiful lead vocalist she crushes it. I was worried that with their most famous song being a velvet underground cover that the whole of the record would be generic. I was "kind of" right but there are some better than expected songs on here.I don't get it, misguided angel are good. I also like the i'm so lonesome I could cry cover along with the sweet jane cover.

Not bad. Nice vocal.

Maybe not the most ground-breaking album, but there is something very enchanting about it. As soon as the album ended, I immediately ran it back.

Gear: Moondrop Variations Artwork: 🛋️🔲📸 Production: 😌👂🧈 Music: 🪕👻🌆 Rating: 🤠🤠🤠(🤠)/5