1001 Albums Summary

GENERAL - Listened on laptop and broken bose headphones. Indie folk album Very folksy giving oral history Folklore into country strum Vocals are not country though at all Very soft warm lyrical vocal stacks Banjo and fingerstyle guitar Electric guitar and harmonic shift at 1:36 ish Electric guitar motif feels really irish??????? Drums do too Electric guitar is slightly fuzzed? Return to first theme - choral vibe one Instrumental electric guitar interesting rhythm/time signature Campfire vibes off the bat Same thick vocal stacks Campfire folklore story Lyrical material tells story of him telling young brother type figure about a memory of when little bro was younger Thick chord progression Background vocals one ear, mirrored by identical guitar in the other Heavy heavy heavy drum. Feels african? Feels very country yet alternative? Percussion very country Guitar n vocals are very alt tho Electric guitar takes over for acoustic guitar. They're on top of one another but electric guitar is much more prevenlent and an octave down Vocals so so so so so so raw. Some stacks but main vocal is suuuuuuuuper raw Revisit pulled back instrumentation Some bass "electric guitar" but functioning as a bass but it stands out Electric guitar motif. Harmonic minor? idk some weird scale. OOOOOO B side of song in 5/4 or 5/8. Feels very sea shanty-y Vocals or instruments not really but the rhythm Hook goes back into standard time Longest song on album Major minor chord progression on top of minor standard TBD pretty bare instrumentals for now Self loathing outdoor adventure Fully panned guitar parts to each ear Really unique vocal production - look into later Quite bare with a lot of time-based vocal effects Country vibe Very simplistic lyrics Repeating thoughts in head as if Twangy guitars, same full pan technique Synthesizer usage Left ear shaker Quiet houses title referring to the emptiness after he's done singing "lay me down" Ending really interesting chord progression, feels very thematic. film scoring core. scoring a scene that the listener inferences from lyrical context Choral harmony from the beginning Reminding me of the mountain goats. mixing two production elements in post-verse choral motif Chorus/climax very heavy then pull Adds depth through no longer pulling and a lot more vocal stacks Initial choral motif is back with thick post-chorus intrumentals Piano comes in with jazzy gospel thing Giving decent into underworld Taking piano theme and dragging it down to hell Banjo slayyyyyyyyy Additional sfx panned middle when most instruments are far panned Gong/really heavy crash used as primary heavy percussion. shaker and other percussion Opens with flutes. 3 different parts? Lyrically intimate. uses religious allegory tamborine action power chords right organ synth left systems kinda rhythm rhythmic bassline alongside tambourine arp-y bouncy guitar matched by other guitar and vocal harmony on other side LEFT OFF AFTER YOUR PROTECTOR