Hem - Eveningland
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Artist: HemEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-10-05
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- The Fire Thief
- Lucky
- Receiver
- Redwing
- My FatherÂ?s Waltz
- Hollow
- A-Hunting We Will Go
- An Easy One
- Strays
- Cincinnati Traveler
- Jackson
- Dance with Me
- The Beautiful Sea
- Eveningland
- Pacific Street
- Carry Me Home
Music reviews of Eveningland
Music Review: Still good, but not AS good...
Rating: 4 Stars
I was so excited for this album to come out...I checked the Hem website every day for weeks waiting to see if song samples were posted. And finally it was released! And it is a very good album. But I don't feel that it's quite as original or good throughout as Rabbit Songs. That album definitely outstrips this one. I feel that Eveningland lacks the masterful songwriting of Rabbit Songs...you might notice that several of the songs make heavy use of Sally's upper register...almost relying on its wow-factor to cover up for lack of innovation in the melodies. The orchestrations are nice, but almost a bit heavy-handed (though perhaps I just prefer the spare instrumentation of Rabbit Songs). The song "Pacific", which had been considered for Rabbit Songs, uses noticeably simpler accompaniment than most of the other tracks. I think that the extra layering of strings almost makes the album seem a bit fuddy-duddy. One other thing kind of bothered me, and would seem to lend credence to my less-original-songwriting idea, and that is that you can take the melodies from a couple of songs, and sing them over the melodies in other songs, and they fit in with hardly any dissonance. Also, the introductions to songs 9 and 16 are, for all intents and purposes, exactly the same. That just feels like cheating, beautiful as those two songs are. So I guess my overall thoughts are that this album is a bit too homogeneous, and a bit too cluttered with instruments in an attempt to conceal the lesser quality of the songs, where Rabbit Songs' starker sound served to underscore the beautiful simplicity of each tune. But you should still buy it! It's eminently sing-along-able, Sally's voice is absolutely gorgeous, and there are a few standout songs that I can't seem to get out of my head. It's a really good album...I guess that it's just that impossible to live up to the groundbreaking style and sound of Rabbit Songs.
Description of Eveningland
As the eight-piece Brooklyn collective Hem releases their second full-length album, Eveningland, their reputation precedes them as one of the most distinctive and emotionally rewarding bands in American music. Hem?s homespun blend of vintage Americana, country/folk and chamber music made its 2002 independently released debut Rabbit Songs a critical success, inviting musical and lyrical comparisons to everyone from Dusty Springfield to Randy Newman to Aaron Copland. On Eveningland, recorded during their brief tenure with the ill-fated Dreamworks label, the band shows how deeply they?ve matured as musicians and songwriters. Eveningland, produced by Messé and guitarist Gary Maurer, updates the rustic charm of Rabbit Songs as references to bygone folk tunes give way to sonic touchstones from another classic era. "These songs have more of a relationship to the ?60s and early ?70s. We?re all in love with that Countrypolitan sound," Messé says reverently referring to! classics like Ray Charles? Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music, and albums by Glen Campbell and even the Carpenters. Produced by Gary Maurer and Dan Messe.Alternative Rock CDs
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