Alive As You Are

Darker My Love
Dangerbird Records
General | Aug 2010

Reviews

Truc Nguyen
Reviewed 2011-02-26
Apparently this band opened for Band of Horses but I missed them. They’re a folk-rock band with psychedelic pop sensibilities. Some songs are straight up country sounding and some are somewhat trippy benders.
FCC Clean.
Recommended: 7, 8, 11
1. (3:15) Solid mid/fast jangle poppy indie folk song with melodic hook.
2. (2:56) More poppy slightly wobbly synthy, bit late '60s/early'70s throwback pop song.
3. (4:17) Psychedelic riffs, glam rock vocals with insistent beat.
4. (3:42) Slow song. Meandering paced vocals with a walking-pace rhythm, country influences bleed through. Female oohing.
5. (3:34) Slow with lilting vocals with prominent female backing. Still instrumentally dense.
6. (2:33) Midtempo, sweet sounding breezy male accompaniment.
7. (3:04) Sparser, simpler mellow confessional love song gets crooney in places.
8. (4:32) Soft, subdued and country pop ballad.
9. (2:51) Ringing intro. Half talking/singing.
10. (2:34) Upbeat poppy with driving 4/4 snare drum beat and prominent bass.
11. (2:34) Slow lumbering '60s psych pop.

Recent airplay

Trail The Line
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Split Minute
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18th Street Shuffle
Daydream DisasterMay 30, 2013
Rain Party (Death Angel/Life Angel Song)
Music CasseroleDec 03, 2011
New America Or A True Ship Builder Blues, Rain Party (Death Angel/Life Angel Song)
meowApr 19, 2011

Charting

2011-02-13 — 2011-04-17
Week EndingAirplays
Apr 17 1
Apr 10 3
Apr 3 1
Mar 27 1
Mar 20 1
Mar 13 2
Feb 27 1
Feb 20 3

Track listing

1. Backseat (Heaven Loves The Driver)
2. Split Minute
3. 18th Street Shuffle
4. New America Or A True Ship Builder Blues
5. Rain Party (Death Angel/Life Angel Song)
6. Maple Day Getaway
7. Trail The Line
8. June Bloom
9. Dear Author
10. A Lovely Game
11. Cry On Me Woman