Guillemots - Walk the River

Guillemots - After his well-received (and relatively mainstream) 2010 solo album Fly Yellow Moon, eclectic Brit art/popper Fyfe Dangerfield reunites his merry band of players for their third album...follow-up to 2008's Top 10 U.K. charter Red // Release: Walk the River (April 19 - U.K.) // Quote: ‘We deliberately wanted to take longer writing it, not recording it. In fact, we had about a year just writing together, and having enough time just to really get a vision.' //  Sounds like: adventurous pop with just enough indie rock elements to keep things bracing and, at times, rowdy...classic melodic Brit pop/rock songwriting infused with a jolt of caffeine and alcohol// What we like: the "psychedelic Righteous Brothers" description from Dangerfield -- a man clearly wanting to shake things up or fear the five-minute mark on many of the songs...the impassioned, oversized "Tigers" or artsy and atmospheric "Inside", a wall-of-sound meets kitchen sink approach from F.D. and producer David Kosten (Bat for Lashes) that permeates the whole freewheeling album...

Guillemots - "I Don't Feel Amazing Now" (from the album Walk the River)

Guillemots - "Walk the River" (from the album Walk the River)

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