The long awaited album from Oregon band, Other Lives, is out from Play It Again Sam Recordings.
A band that has a richness of sound and unity in their performance, and a timeless nature to the compositions as if they are songs pulled from the collective consciousness with a universal appeal and general freedom in their sound.
This comes from the overlong hiatus the band have subjected themselves to since the 2011 debut Tamer Animals and out of creative uncertainty the band have re-emerged in a personal necessity and it is a joyful rebirth we witness on For Their Love.
The album starts off slowly, admittedly, but slowly the band creates this aura of Americana with great ear worm songs such as 'Lost Day' which epitomises the ear that the band has for swooning melody coupled with mystical lyrics and lush harmonies stemming from the band as a unit but also where the album was recorded in the Oregon mountains as featured in the video above.
The songs evoke visions of this great lost American soundtrack to an indie film from Jim Jarmusch or John Sayles ('Cops'), images of road trips on lost highways ('For Their Love'), landscapes blowing in the ever changing environment which harkens back to this genuinely organic feel of the album layout.
This is the sort of album that will be great to listen to in most environments, from a festival backdrop to garden barbecues to listening parties. Hopefully in spite of the current climate, this album will find a willing and deserving audience for this swooning soundtrack to Americana by way of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
For Their Love is our on 24th April on all platforms
My thanks to One Beat PR for the review opportunity.
This comes from the overlong hiatus the band have subjected themselves to since the 2011 debut Tamer Animals and out of creative uncertainty the band have re-emerged in a personal necessity and it is a joyful rebirth we witness on For Their Love.
The album starts off slowly, admittedly, but slowly the band creates this aura of Americana with great ear worm songs such as 'Lost Day' which epitomises the ear that the band has for swooning melody coupled with mystical lyrics and lush harmonies stemming from the band as a unit but also where the album was recorded in the Oregon mountains as featured in the video above.
This is the sort of album that will be great to listen to in most environments, from a festival backdrop to garden barbecues to listening parties. Hopefully in spite of the current climate, this album will find a willing and deserving audience for this swooning soundtrack to Americana by way of Stillwater, Oklahoma.
For Their Love is our on 24th April on all platforms
My thanks to One Beat PR for the review opportunity.
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