Sheboygan's home for original music
Calendar
Cedarwell And Conrad Plymouth
05/21/2010 10:00 PM
"The ever-evolving Cedarwell crew, fronted by Erik G. Neave, sent me a promo copy of the record [A Stone, A Leaf, A Door ], and it’s refreshingly diverse for an “acoustic” album of sorts. For those of you Western European folk, they’ll be touring overseas as a three-piece next month for the record release.
Neave’s voice has a slight falsetto ting, and the airy harmonies of other members effortlessly play off each other. My favorite tracks are those that showcase the female vocal contributions, as it adds another level to the already intricate, detailed songs. The instruments never dominate over each other – some tracks contain bells, others synth, and still others keys, harmonica, what have you, all complementing the acoustic guitars. The arrangements are carefully plotted, some wistful and yearning with just the delicate touch of Neave’s voice and others filled with the aforementioned instruments and more. They come into play at unexpected times, making me an eager listener."
--Lee, Knox Road
Cedarwell - Untitled from LaundroMatinee on Vimeo.
"Christopher Porterfield’s songs seem explicitly designed not to illicit immediate pleasure. The Milwaukee singer-songwriter, who records under the moniker Conrad Plymouth, favors slow builds over easy climaxes, evocative texture over gut-level hooks, and spooky atmosphere over a quick visceral charge. The four songs on the Conrad Plymouth EP tend to blur together into a 20-minute, mid-tempo, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-sounding groan on first listen, but upon further inspection they reward patient listeners with finely written and sonically constructed coming-of-age meditations. Whether it’s the warm steel guitar that flows in like a salve on the contemplative “Metamora,” or the ghostly organ that haunts “Here To There,” there are lots of little aural details on Conrad Plymouth that stick with you. If the record has a pay-off, it’s the album-closing “Fergus Falls,” a childhood memory that slowly dissolves into a puddle of cacophony. It’s the big emotional moment on a record that otherwise takes a while to reveal itself."
--Steven Hyden, Milwaukee AV Club
Map & Directions:
Map & Directions:
Comments
No Comments
Tools 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
More »