Babes in Canyon / Year to Live
Album: Year to Live   Collection:General
Artist:Babes in Canyon   Added:Nov 2023
Label:Self Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2024-01-21 Pull Date: 2024-03-24
Week Ending: Mar 17 Mar 10 Mar 3 Feb 25 Feb 18 Feb 11 Feb 4 Jan 28
Airplays: 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 01, 2024: Comes to Mind
Jealous Neighbor (Radio Edit)
4. Mar 16, 2024: Music Casserole
The Wolf
2. Mar 30, 2024: Music Casserole
Jealous Neighbor (Radio Edit)
5. Mar 15, 2024: KZSU Time Traveler
Second Cities (Radio Edit)
3. Mar 29, 2024: KZSU Time Traveler
Second Cities (Radio Edit)
6. Mar 08, 2024: KZSU Time Traveler
Second Cities (Radio Edit)

Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2024-01-12
INDIE FOLK POP

Here’s a new trio from the Seattle area. Their website says they released a debut EP in February 2023 then another in November. This “deluxe” edition contains all the tracks from both EPs plus 4 radio edits. (When does an extended EP become a full-length?) Most vocals are male lead, female harmony. The instruments are uke, charango (an Andean lute), banjo, keys, bass, & percussion. The tunes are all pretty catchy.

FCC issues in tracks 3, 5, 7, 9

1 * “North” mid-fast. male lead vox. very peppy sound but there’s anxiety in the lyric (4:36)
2 * “Call Me Over” mid-fast. good mix of synth, bass & banjo; lyrics a booty call (3:16)
3 – FCC (“fuck”) #4 is the radio edit
4 “High Tide” slow. It’s a catchy tune but FCC is still very discernable (I’d skip it) (3:35)
5 – FCC (“I have a lot of shit to do”) #6 is the radio edit
6 “Year to Live '' slow. somewhat melancholy & pensive; dreamy music & b’gnd vox (5:05)
7 – FCC (“fuck with”) #8 is the radio edit
8 * “Second Cities” mid-tempo. easy, swaying tune, pleasant sounding. lyrics are obscure but seem full of ennui. The FCC is not just snipped but sung differently (3:36)
9 – FCC (“fuck”) #10 is the radio edit
10 ** “Jealous Neighbor” mid-tempo. bouncy rhythm w hand claps, pushed along by a strong chord progression on synth; falsetto lead vocal is quite good (3:59)
11 “Western Front” mid-tempo. alternating spare & lush passages. too pop for me (4:12)
12 “Tune You Out” xx (3:46)
13 ** The Wolf” mid-tempo. kinda folkish ballad. nice finger picked acoustic (uke? charango? idk) accompaniment plus other intriguing instrumentation (4:29)

Track Listing
1. North   7. Second Cities (Explicit)
2. Call Me Over   8. Second Cities (Radio Edit)
3. High Tide (Explicit)   9. Jealous Neighbor (Explicit)
4. High Tide (Radio Edit)   10. Jealous Neighbor (Radio Edit)
5. Year to Live (Explicit)   11. Western Front
6. Year to Live (Radio Edit)   12. Tune You Out
  13. The Wolf