Friday, May 29, 2009

Birdie songs

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IS IT a bird? Is it a workshop? No, it's a countrified folk group, here with their debut album, Sleight Of Hand.
Sort of.
Because Sparrow And The Workshop claim this release is a 'mini-album', too long to be an EP and too short to be an album - which is either lazy or self-indulgent, depending on your point of view.
Anyway, what isn't lazy is the Glaswegians' music, which for the best part rattles along with a pleasing acoustic guitar twang and evocative vocal intertwining of drummer Gregor Donaldson and Jill "Dead Sparrow" O'Sullivan.
But is the trio's Scottish Americana worth a listen?
Only slightly - in fact, why not wait for them to bother making a full album.

5 comments:

  1. Good post sounds like interesting..

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  2. The post or the band?
    Seriously though, if you're into alt-folk or alt-country, then Sparrow And The Workshop are pretty worth a listen, but their unlikely to convert anyone to the genres.

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  3. What's the beef with 6-tracks? Beta band did plenty and no-one complained. no-one calls a band lazy or self-indulgent for putting out 2 songs as a single do they? just saying. And probably isn't a case of whether they could be 'bothered' to make a full album anyhow. it's probably some record company thing.

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  4. Why not call it an EP though?
    Calling a mini-album is just a bit pretentious, don'tcha think?
    And anyway, that's a mere aside - the 3/5 review is based on the mediocrity of the music, not the number of tracks on the release.

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  5. BTW the full album, I've just found out, has seven tracks on it.
    Go figure.

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