All too often on Chet's new album, the songs' quieter successes get buried in thick layers of stage makeup.Chet, just one of Ryan Beattie's prolific musical projects, certainly isn't lacking in ambition on Chelsea Silver, Please Come Home. Each song is a grand suite built with thick layers of instrumentation and heavy on emotion. They're also built as sturdy guitar pop that shifts to pastoral f...
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In today’s disposable music world, finding a musician willing to step outside the boundaries that we consider safe has become increasingly rare. With no price tag or predetermined listening format, the concept of a record seems as antiquated or quixotic as the outdated mediums that used to be a listening requirement. Now if the immediacy of a song doesn’t hit with the force of a tidal wave, pe
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I've been waiting for this music video!"Don't Let Your Cruel Heart Count Me In," by "Chet":http://myspace.com/chet. Don't be alarmed-- the music doesn't start for a minute or so.Chet features the same lead man as "Himalayan Bear":http://myspace.com/himalayanbear, which I've "posted before":/ookpik/blog_post/102812 (and "way before":/ookpik/blog_post/6131), so if you liked the crooning and rever...
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In today’s disposable music world, finding a musician willing to step outside the boundaries that we consider safe has become increasingly rare. With no price tag or predetermined listening format, the concept of a record seems as antiquated or quixotic as the outdated mediums that used to be a listening requirement. Now if the immediacy of a song doesn’t hit with the force of a tidal wave, pe
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All too often on Chet's new album, the songs' quieter successes get buried in thick layers of stage makeup.Chet, just one of Ryan Beattie's prolific musical projects, certainly isn't lacking in ambition on Chelsea Silver, Please Come Home. Each song is a grand suite built with thick layers of instrumentation and heavy on emotion. They're also built as sturdy guitar pop that shifts to pastoral f...
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| 1 The Shepherd |
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| 2 By Night into Paradise |
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| 3 Ships Sink in the Fall |
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| 4 The Explanation |
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| 5 Dollarton Harbour |
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