Bask - American Hollow - review
Bask - American Hollow - review
Tracklist
01. High Mountain Pass02. American Hollow
03. Land Of The Sky
04. Shake The Soot From Your Boots
05. A Man's Worth
06. Endless Summer
A review by
tea[m]ster September 15, 2014
That vista being the Americana aura American Hollow transmits and uses extensively. It's no wonder because Bask are from North Carolina and after listening to American Hollow I half-expected there to be a picture of a banjo or the confederate flag in the album liner notes. I'm quite sure I haven't heard anything like it. Most of the songs are really anthems, drawing on a retro-classic southern Americana folk theme - a well thought out endeavor that lends a helping hand in the direction of nuance and accessibility. Beautifully balanced in the dynamics of heavy moments to melody, you can hear how Bask engender melodic influences from the deep south and rural country. It's more or less their trademark on the genre and it's undeniably both infectious and innovative.
American Hollow could be associated with being a hard rock album. The sentimental clean singing is perfectly suited for the granular music and is a key counterpart to the layered guitars and Baroness-esque melodic tendencies. The arrangements are purposeful and coherent, and, in fact, the whole album is designed to play nice with skillfully enhanced retro moments, soulful interludes and proper parts of today's trendy euphonious modern elements. The experimentation that Bask attempts is from the heart and, even better, done successfully.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 7 |
Written on 15.09.2014 by
Written on 15.09.2014 by
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Posts: 21306 Written by Ilham on 15.09.2014 at 13:19 You really should. teamster describes it perfectly and his rating isn't too far off from my own. Nice review, guy.
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Looks like this'll be something with it's own sound to offer, a piece of Americana, I'll have a listen as well.
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Posts: 5277 Written by [user id=151475] on 17.09.2014 at 17:40 Ha ha, nice. I will listen with you when it happens!
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Posts: 5277 Written by deadone on 22.09.2014 at 07:32 Very good summary my man. Agree with on on the harsh vox. I didn't mention it in the review because it's not very noteworthy. The album is pretty cool - something a tad bit different.
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