A Weather's debut on Team Love is a collection of moody, contemplative cloudy day songs. At first listen, they remind me a bit of Low. But while Low has the gloom turned up to eleven, Cove is full of quiet resignation rather than melodrama and melancholia. Occasionally, the chorus rises with the strength and hope that comes from having lived through bad times and come out the other side. "Small Potatoes", one of the album's standout tracks, has the highest concentration of the strengths that appear in various combinations on the rest of the album. A deceptively morose guitar intro unexpectedly turns upbeat on the last two or three notes, followed by an upbeat melody that belies the devastation of breaking up. This sometimes baffling interplay of mixed emotions contributes to Cove's depth and loveliness.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
A Weather: Cove
A Weather's debut on Team Love is a collection of moody, contemplative cloudy day songs. At first listen, they remind me a bit of Low. But while Low has the gloom turned up to eleven, Cove is full of quiet resignation rather than melodrama and melancholia. Occasionally, the chorus rises with the strength and hope that comes from having lived through bad times and come out the other side. "Small Potatoes", one of the album's standout tracks, has the highest concentration of the strengths that appear in various combinations on the rest of the album. A deceptively morose guitar intro unexpectedly turns upbeat on the last two or three notes, followed by an upbeat melody that belies the devastation of breaking up. This sometimes baffling interplay of mixed emotions contributes to Cove's depth and loveliness.
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