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Track Listings
| 1. first song |
| 2. I |
| 3. lull |
| 4. action/adventure |
| 5. > |
| 6. skin |
| 7. weather systems |
| 8. don't be scared |
| 9. < |
| 10. [8 minute quicktime film by Robert Trondsen] |
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4.0 out of 5 stars
whistling?,
By "indierockjunkie" (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weather Systems (Audio CD)
I love stumbling upon artists who cannot be pigeon-holed into one genre. The songs on this album are crafted. Layers of simple melodies, plucked violin, and whistling. This is a gem of an album.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Adept, Relaxing Music,
By Blackberries (PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weather Systems (Audio CD)
Length - 34:19Weather Systems is a far shot away from any previous efforts put forth by Andrew Bird. While his contributions with The Squirrel Nut Zippers and his album Oh, The Grandeur were marked by a carefree, swinging hysteria, Weather Systems showcases Bird on a much more mature, elegant stage. After experiencing Bird's earlier work, these songs at first come off as tepid, even gloomy sketches of spiritless songwriting. Like most good records though, this one requires more than a single listen. After taking these songs in a bit more, they start to manifest a much more meaningful and expressive aura. Cursorily, Bird sounds jaded and subdued, but absorption of the outre, complex melodies and brilliant, sprawling lyrics render an attitude that would be more accurately defined as engaged and focused. Songs like I, Lull and Dont Be Scared are testaments to the skill and craftmanship (that Bird obviously possesses) that are required for making serious songs that are enjoyable and enlightening, and at the same time, not too grave or pretentious. Rarely do artists mature, abandon their initial formulas to success and pull delightful new tricks out of the bag to enchant a listener, but Andrew Bird has done just that with Weather Systems, a record that is indeed worthy of your time and attention.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A real discovery,
By alexliamw (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Weather Systems (Audio CD)
Americana isn't always tremedously imaginative, but this is one hell of a groundbreaker in the genre. Andrew Bird is not a singer-guitarist, but a singer-violinist, and he uses violin, played both classically and plucked like a guitar, through this quirky album of beautiful songs. Opener 'First Song' is more traditional alt-country balladeering, but tracks like 'I' display a quirky charm and a flair for offbeat rhythm and instrumental sounds. Meanwhile the title track is the album's centrepiece, a gorgeous epic awash in classical string playing, almost a sonata in its own right. At this stage its tempting to call him a composer, but there's a pop sensibility to these songs and a sort of back-country, American twang to them that places it firmly in an area of its own. With beautiful, swaying vocals, this could beat more conventional singer-songwriters any day, and is really worth investigation.
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