As a small warning both friends {one a brother} that I’ve shared this band with have pretty much hated them from the word go. And their beef is with lead singer Giselle’s voice. It’s a bit, well, tremulous at times. I guess you could almost say she has a penchant for warble. While I hear a sensitivity, and almost innocence in this style they heard things like babies crying and lack of sleep. Or so I’m told.
This album was actually one of the very first I was ever officially given in the hopes that I would review it here on TWF. Upon opening the package it came in, oh maybe eight months ago {gasp}, I put the disc in my car and listened to it fairly solidly for about a month straight. Sometime in the past this album got mixed up with a stack of discs I was considering for best of 2007 and then it was left in the car which I no longer drive. Hence, this little writeup is coming at you about seven months behind schedule. Even with all the delay I find that I still enjoy listening to this disc, Volcano (iTunes), almost a year after hearing it for the first time. If that’s not a good enough endorsement for a band then I don’t know what is.
mp3 : Hot Springs - Cellophane
mp3 : Hot Springs - Fog and the Horn
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I like it. I think she has a voice that a lot of indie/folk singers have lately. The warble isn’t so terrible that it drives me insane, it’s just a quality. I’ve heard amateur singers use warble like a one trick pony, but this seems like a timbre, not a gimmick.
that’s exactly how i felt amy. i like the sound a lot, and i don’t feel as if it’s just a karaoke gimmick in use here. i think it’s genuine and if you hear the entire album i think everyone would agree.
I really like “Cellophane” and the other song is decent. Thanks for posting.
they’re different… don’t hear the babies crying… I don’t feel strongly about it one way or the other though… it’s just mediocre.
Kinda reminds me of the way i felt about the belly album with feed the tree on it (the 1st one?)
Extremely out of the mainstream sound but still has enough drive on it’s own that lifelines to overused pop sensibilities aren’t really necessary.
So with that said, i think they have a very 90’s experimental centered sound that sticks with you quite easily
good find!