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Crossingham is off to the side, either playing subtle rhythm guitar or hunched over his effects pedals, creating otherworldly drones.By the Warmth of Your Flame EP.Review: Raising the Fawn: Sleight of Hand
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:.Raising the Fawn sounds nothing like them.So, what does Raising the Fawn sound like, then?RSS feed for comments on this post.Julie Booth began to coo, my mind was yanked backwards to 1997 and Spiritualized.What struck me so strongly was that for maybe the first time since Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space I experienced musical love at first listen.But while Spiritualized are, broadly speaking, space rock (or maybe just drug rock), Raising The Fawn are ocean rock.By The Warmth Of Your Flame) before enlisting a new drummer (Dylan Green) and belatedly releasing The North Sea.Acetone singer, after Spiritualized) the effect is quietly brutal.The North Sea still exerts a mighty pull.The Flying Club CupBroken Social Scene Presents: Kevin...Those moments serve as a reminder that while a chilling breeze can paralyze, it can also invigorate.Point man John Crossingham will be familiar to some as a member of the extended Broken Social Scene collective, and some of the fuzzy dynamics and theatrics of that coterie finds its way into the mix of Raising the Fawn.The song is a surging burst of energy, with jangling guitars ringing cleanly and clearly along the bouncing, vibrant melody.Crossingham a window into the lives of his grandparents, antecedents he never knew and yet is utterly bound to.The theme of renewal continues on the title track, where a fervent marching drumbeat ushers in the implements of change and constant, ephemeral motion; the language of creaking boards and hinges, of wind through trees and reflected moonlight, the harsh, blunt harvests of wheat threshers.All of these images are poised in opposition to that of the Maginot Line, the epitome of futility, fortified folly.The first exists only briefly, a scant moment where one might not realize the action has sunk beneath the conscious level of the rest of the album, the second stretches itself out at the end of the disc, taking its time to reinforce the preceding experience.Raising the Fawn sees that end, and provides the satisfying struggle and drive toward it that make us appreciate that calmness and stillness so much more when it finally arrives.Night Falls Over KortedalaBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band...The Assassination of Jesse James by the...ContestWin a Kirsty MacColl Book!Raising The FawnThe North SeaSonic Unyon RecordsRaising The Fawn, besides having an almost unbearably beautiful moniker, also have the good fortune of kicking off The North Sea with a gorgeous and fragile opening piece.Did you know he actually sang sometimes then?It even ends, then starts again, with foreboding, spidery guitar and bass interplay that weaves sharp, almost discordant webs of thuggish sound.It ends with ghostly tones and hums from a phantom guitar.
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