The relentless re-embrace of acoustic campfire ponderings and singalongs may seem a bit strange in the 21st century, but as far as everything progresses, there will always be a harkening back to some form of a mythic lost paradise of the form. That said, Megafaun are just as taken by quietly tortured dark-night-of-the-soul whisperings, lo-fi oddities, and shards of feedback shade as they are of banjos and summertime evenings, giving Gather, Form and Fly a bit of an unsettled edge at various points. Songs like "Kaufman's Ballad" and the slightly goony swirl of "Impressions of the Past," shifting from marches to piano breaks and more, make for more fun than the straightforward if attractive enough compositions like "Worried Mind" and "Solid Ground." At their strongest, as on the brawling, complex "The Process," the trio verges towards the explosive thrill of an act like Akron/Family if not reaching that act's effortless genre recombination.
With the recent and explosive success of Justin Vernon’s solo project, Bon Iver, it’s difficult to imagine many people asking about the fate of the other members of Vernon’s previous band, DeYarmond Edison [these people shouldn't be allowed to name bands -Ed.]. But the answer to the unasked question is one worth knowing as I learned recently. When their leader wandered off into the wood
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By shifting focus on this new record, fitting the experiments into more traditional structures instead of the other way around, Megafaun has produced one of the best records of 2009.
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Megafaun (MySpace) was originally birthed from the remnants of DeYarmond Edison and released Bury The Square in 2007. Gather, Form & Fly is the follow-up to that widely-hailed album, and it warrants all the hype one can give. The band consists of Joe Westerlund and brothers Phil and Brad Cook. The main Edison [...]
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The right song on a pair of good headphones can be a transcendental experience. Seriously. Music, of course, is meant to be shared and heard amongst friends in large auditoriums and sun-drenched fields, but sometimes it's also solely an individual experience. Reflecting, daydreaming, or drowning out unwanted chatter, a pair of headphones is many ways a lens into a one-person world: one where th...
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Megafaun (MySpace) was originally birthed from the remnants of DeYarmond Edison and released Bury The Square in 2007. Gather, Form & Fly is the follow-up to that widely-hailed album, and it warrants all the hype one can give. The band consists of Joe Westerlund and brothers Phil and Brad Cook. The main Edison [...]
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Megafaun - The Longest Day I'm mega fond of Megafaun and since this bluegrassy number of theirs has been bouncing around in my head for the last... (Visit my blog for more!)
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With the recent and explosive success of Justin Vernon’s solo project, Bon Iver, it’s difficult to imagine many people asking about the fate of the other members of Vernon’s previous band, DeYarmond Edison [these people shouldn't be allowed to name bands -Ed.]. But the answer to the unasked question is one worth knowing as I learned recently. When their leader wandered off into the wood
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North Carolina trio Megafaun won us over fairly easily when we saw them open for Bon Iver this past September at the Mesa Arts Center. The band just released a new video for their song "Impressions of the Past" which comes of the groups latest LP Gather, Form And Fly.
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Photographer Tim Lytvinenko joined and documented Megafaun as they toured across the states in support of their latest release, Gather, Form & Fly, out now on Hometapes. The result is a collection of experiences from the road in what they dub “part-documentary, part-sense memory.” No surprise, Lytvinenko puts this collection of shots to the music of Megafaun’s epic almost instrumental trac
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Megafaun - Impressions of the Past (Video) This amazing footage was captured on Megafaun's recent tour by photographer Tim Lytvinenko. So bummed I... (Visit my blog for more!)
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By shifting focus on this new record, fitting the experiments into more traditional structures instead of the other way around, Megafaun has produced one of the best records of 2009.
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Bella Marie [Instrumental] |
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| 2 Kaufman's Ballad |
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| 3 The Fade |
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| 4 Impressions of the Past |
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| 5 Worried Mind |
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| 6 The Process |
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| 7 Solid Ground |
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| 8 Darkest Hour |
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| 9 Gather, Form & Fly |
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| 10 Columns |
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| 11 The Longest Day |
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| 12 Guns |
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| 13 Tides |
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