| Deep Dark Woods, The / Place I Left Behind, The |
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| Album: | Place I Left Behind, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Deep Dark Woods, The | Added: | Nov 2011 | |
| Label: | Sugar Hill Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-02-25 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-28 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 22 | Apr 15 | Mar 25 | Mar 11 | Mar 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 18, 2012: | Seize the Sounds West Side Street | 4. | Mar 19, 2012: | Seize the Night Sugar Mama | |
| 2. | Apr 11, 2012: | Seize the Sounds The Place I Left Behind | 5. | Mar 09, 2012: | Time Traveler West Side Street | |
| 3. | Mar 23, 2012: | Time Traveler The Place I Left Behind | 6. | Mar 02, 2012: | Time Traveler The Place I Left Behind |
| Album Review |
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| Karpediem Reviewed 2012-02-21 | ||
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This alternative country album from Canadian band The Deep Dark Woods is filled with beautiful, slow-burning tracks that capitalize on the band’s ability to flawlessly harmonize their voices and meld string sounds together. Key tracks are 1,2,5,6, and 9. No FCCs. **1) Westside Street (5:07): Slow to start, speeds up at 1:00. Lots of pretty vocal harmonies. **2) The Place I Left Behind (4:05): slow, brooding track. Reminiscent of solo Springsteen (like Devils & Dust in particular) 3) Mary’s Gone (5:07): slow track with guitar that beautifully complements the song’s sad lyrics 4) Virginia (3:53)- mid-tempo track, lots of vocal harmonies, strings accompany guitar well **5) Sugar Mama (2:39): mid-tempo with banjo picking, vocal harmonies and pretty lyrics. **6) The Banks of the Leopold Canal (6:08)- Slow song about saying goodbye; starts with sparse instrumentation, then becomes more and more full as the track progresses. 7) Big City Lights (2:47): slow track with deep drumbeat and repeated lyric, “It’s hard to find a little peace and quiet with these big city lights all around me” 8) Back Alley Blues (4:23): very full, multi-instrument sound. Mid-tempo, compelling guitar **9) I Just Can’t Lose (5:56): slow, bluesy track. 10) Never Prove False (4:04): slow, dark track with a string-dominated bridge. 11) Dear John (3:40): mid-tempo track, vocalist not the band’s lead vocalist; lead vocalist and a female vocalist take a background harmony role that is one of the great boons of the song 12) The Ballad of Frank Dupree (7:29): Slower track telling the story of a hanging, solos from a variety of instruments. 13) Oh, What a Life (4:29): slow, harmonious ending. Last note played at 4:19 and trails out for ten seconds. | ||
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