Volcano Choir - Unmap
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Artist: Volcano ChoirEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2009-09-22
Music Label: Jagjaguwar
Soundtracks:
- Husks And Shells
- Seeplymouth
- Island, IS
- Dote
- And Gather
- Mbira In The Morass
- Cool Knowledge
- Still
- Youlogy
Music reviews of Unmap
Music Review: Volcano Choir sounds just like the album art
Rating: 4 Stars
In a great stroke of fortune, Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon has teamed up with fellow Wisconson band Collections of Colonies of Bees, and as a consequence his music has never sounded better. While his Bon Iver hit For Emma, Forever Ago was a good album, it was a touch ethereal for my taste, and lacked a certain meatiness I require. But now, with a full band backing and a newfound experimentation with vocal effects, Vernon has filled the void in his music, and in the realm of dreamy-soft indie rock, Volcano Choir's music is a top pick of the year so far.
Unmap opens with Husks and Shells, a perfect introduction backboned by a meandering acoustic guitar riff that's like returning to your childhood home after years on the road and watching it poking out of ivory snow, familiarity and feeling memories flooding back, before being greeted at the door with a hot mug of cocoa and hug full of sweater. Like that,or something equally evocative and less gay. Husks and Shells sets the tone for the remaining thirty muted, roaming minutes.
Island, IS is the single and standout track, and exemplifies the gentle playfulness of the album. Lyrics, as in the rest of Unmap, are mostly fun nonsense. Here's the end of Island, IS:
Set your orbit, set your coffin
Said it's often that your "O" fits
On your old tits on your hard drive
The main difference in Volcano Choir from Vernon's other project is his use of studio tools. On Still, Vernon professes "I'm down on my mind" in punctuated serenades, each time using different layering techniques for his voice. His sung cries on the ambient And Gather are run through a similar process, this time meshing with guitar instrumentation that could fit on Bibio's Vignetting the Compost.
Unmap does have its lesser moments. Mbira in the Morass and Youlagy are almost downright unlistenable, the former featuring sparse, jaggedly mismatched instrumentation and a jarringly scratchy Vernon. But notwithstanding the couple misses, Unmap has some great tunes for those who are into the genre. And with Vernon's progress, I can't wait for what he'll put out next.
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Description of Unmap
Volcano Choir is an assembly of Wisconsinites Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Jim Schoenecker, Daniel Spack, Justin Vernon, and Thomas Wincek. You might find these old friends also frequenting records and stages under different monikers, Collections of Colonies of Bees and Bon Iver. The collaboration predates the meteoric rise of Justin Vernon's Bon Iver project, with original songwriting dating back to the summer of 2005.General CDs
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