Shallow Bed

Never ran across this band before. I started off thinking this was pretty nice, but as I heard more and the songs took on a more epic stature I really started loving this. Weights & Measures and Dry The River really grabbed my attention. Great album!

Was going to give it 4 stars but Lion's Den clinched it.

This was a lovely album. Some good harmonies. Too bad this band has split up, cause they sound like something I would enjoy seeing live one day

My first impression was this was solidly in line with (and not standing out that much from) a now commonplace folk-adjacent, alternative rock/pop sound. However, as it went along it really opened up that sound into interesting compositions. A cut above.

This is amazing. I'm really sad to learn they only made two albums. At times, they remind me of Arcade Fire at their best with their anthems. At other times they remind me of bands like Fleet Foxes. This could become part of my regular rotation. 4 stars, potentially 5 after further listens.

Pretty good, in a Mumford and Sons-esque, huge sound rising above the natural landscapes, kind of way. I liked it and would potentially listen again.

Shallow Bed is an indierock album by Dry the River. It sounds a bit like early 2000s indie bands like Keane. It's the same goody-goody and unoffensive type of music. Exceptions are the first track Animal Skins, Shaker Hymns and certainly No Rest. If all tracks had the same intend and tension as that last one it would have been a great album. Now this album is just ok and fine.

Good record. Would love to hear from the person who put it on why they chose this one to add to the list.

Folk rock, indie folk. Está bien. Un 4, venga.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: New ceremony, History book, The chambers & the valves, No rest

Good stuff

Solidly sitting somewhere between Mumford and Sons, Sufjan Stevens, and their ilk. Not breaking new ground here, but a genre I truly love.

Perfectable fine indie folk. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 3.5/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Nice indie discovery!

Despite the occasional visions of a burger joint owned by a bearded guy in a red flannel shirt that these modern indie folk albums might conjure, over all this is a really solid one. Great vocals, surprisingly emotionally effective. Cool find. Enjoyed it.

Det här var en ny trevlig bekantskap. Många finfina låtar. Inte full pott men så småningom efter lite fler lyssningar så kan det bli det. Påminner lite om det danska bandet Blaue Blume.

What a stellar opener. "Animal Skins" certainly grabs your attention. And the rest does not disappoint, generally speaking -- with an expansive, all-out epic folk-rock tracklist that consistently goes from good in an admittedly over-sentimental fashion ("The Chamber & The Valves", "Weight & Measures") to great when the band ups their epic game a notch further ("New Ceremony", "History Book", "Bible Belt", "No Rest", Lion's Den"). Maybe a couple of vocal affectations took me out of the music once in a while, but it's not because Petter Liddle is a bad singer, it's just a personal mileage of mine for certain vocal timbres. And anyway, this just happened for very short moments... Actually, some of the vocal performances even made me think of Anthony Hegarty / Anohni, and that can only be a compliment from me. Potential hot take now: in their best songs, Dry The River were at least as good as Fleet Foxes, and in their "worst songs", they were still a hundred times better than the hackneyed Mumford & Sons, to which they were visibly often compared to (including on this section). Which is still less annoying than comparing them with Brandon Flowers and the absolutely daft and annoying Killers, as some reviewers did back then. 🙄 Were those people actually *paid* to write those reviews? Give the money back, you frauds! It's sad that the band had to split so soon, for reasons mostly stemming from budgeting issues and other finances-related cause, apparently. It was already hard for up-and-coming indie rock bands in the mid-2010s, and the situation hasn't improved a decade later to say the least. But maybe this official reason hides the fact that Dry The River were simply tired being routinely compared to Mumford & Sons, and so called it a day out of spite, lmao. Yeah, there are some bands and acts I really, *really* despise. Who doesn't? 🤷 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list dedicated to essential albums, rounded up to 4 8.5/10 for more general purposes (5/5 for the musicianship and production values + 3.5/5 for the artistry) ---- Number of albums from the original list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 465 Albums from the original list I *might* include in mine later on: 288 Albums from the original list I won't include in mine: 336 ---- Number of albums from the users list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 103 Albums from the users list I *might* select for mine later on: 116 (including this one) Albums from the users list I won't select for mine: 242 ---- Hey Émile, j'ai répondu sous Demon Days ET ta sélection pour la users list ! 🙂

Really enjoyed New Ceremony. Great song writing. Enough to give 4 stars

It’s fine, not terribly exciting or distinct from what’s on the main 1001 but thankfully easy to listen to. Sits right at a 2.5 for me given how apathetic this listen made me feel, decent guitar pushes it just over the the edge to where a 3 feels okay.

Some points caught my attention, most didn’t

Modern folk zone

The length of the album put me off but I actually didn’t mind the individual tracks.

It was alright

Sounds alright, but not very special. Reminds me of a folkier version of Keane and Elbow. Well-made, but it doesn't seem essential to me.

Canciones con ritmo un tanto melancólico. Buena voz e, instrumentalmente, bien confeccionado. Quizás un tanto depresivo. Canciones con un rango determinado de intensidad y que, en pocos cortes, se incrementa. Alguna canción en un tono más épico.

This has all the ingredients to make me like it but falls short for some reason. Not sure why but perhaps I need to listen again at a different time. The cover is cool though.

Reading that this was indie folk rock, I was really hoping it wouldn't sound a specific way, and unfortunately it sounded exactly that way. There are a couple songs that when I separate it from everything else were pretty decent, but I really can't stand this sound.

Is landfill folk a thing yet? This sure sound like landfill indie crossed with a bland Mumford & sons rip-off. Not offensively bad, but dull and uninteresting

Shallow Bed is a twee easy folk indie listen that lacks punch and depth but doesn't offend. 2.