Once in awhile along comes an album that I unceremoniously foist upon anyone within earshot of my current home. Once there was an album called The Colour and the Shape, then there was The Blue Album, followed by Is This It, followed by Greetings from Michigan, followed by Wednesdays, followed by, well, you get the picture. Yesterday I heard for the first time the latest album by Frightened Rabbit. The album is called The Midnight Organ Fight (amazon) (itunes) and you should immediately make an excuse to acquire yourself a copy as soon as is humanly possible.
From start to end this album is solid. The lyrics and melodies are intricate and intoxicating and I find myself at a loss for words to accurately describe the magic contained within these fourteen tracks. In fact I find it hard to choose just two songs for you to sample. Every track could stand alone, but it is the sum of the parts, when heard together, that take this album and elevate it to something special. Something special indeed.
mp3 : Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
mp3 : Frightened Rabbit - The Twist
In my opinion these two tracks are brilliant, but even they fail to accurately capture how great of an album this really is. Other standout tracks include Old Old Fashioned, Head Rolls Off, My Backwards Walk, Poke, Floating In The Forth, and I Feel Better. Mark my words, this is not an album that you can pick and choose which songs to purchase. Every single moment of this album is amazing.
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The new frightened rabbit album is really great. The first time I heard it, randomly a few months ago, I was blown away. And the modern leper song is amazing.