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Rosie Thomas
These Friends of Mine
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AMG Review of These Friends of Mine
Ronnie D. Lankford
All Music GuideTo call a recording like Rosie Thomas' These Friends of Mine "interesting" seems like a nice way of saying that the album isn't bad, but neither is it anything to write home about. In Thomas' case, then, "intriguing" may be a better adjective. Production-wise, These Friends of Mine zigzags all over the sonic map, from highly processed vocals to live kitchen recordings. Whatever the approach, Thomas' airy vocal style, sometimes balanced by Sufjan Stevens' warmer midrange, delivers ten mostly mellow folk songs, backed by sparse and cleanly separated instrumental arrangements. On the first cut, "If This City Never Sleeps," and "All the Way to New York City," Thomas' voice has been run through a wringer of processors and devices, rendering it a mechanical device sheared of emotion. Her folkie-fairy take on R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" fabricates a dreamy, light-confectionary feel that sounds a little bit like a mid-'60s Donovan recording (had he been a woman) captured on cooler studio equipment. Thomas' version of Fleetwood Mac's "Songbird" proves more straightforward, less a reinterpretation than a respectful cover backed by a light string section. Given the disc's length of 33 minutes, some listeners are going to wonder what happened to the other half of These Friends of Mine; other listeners will be glad that they will not be stuck listening to 30 minutes of filler. Taken as a whole, These Friends of Mine is a mixed bag, a long EP that works great when the song choice and left-of-center recording techniques meld into one, and lackluster when they do not.
Oh, Sufjan
These Friends Of Mine
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Rosie Thomas Rosie got her start as a vocalist for the Detroit Dreampop band Velour 100 before going solo as a Singer-Songwriter. She first gained attention through her appearance on the song Parking Lot, from Damien Jurado's album Ghost of David. Following 3 successful solo albums, Rosie recently released These Friends Of Mine with help from notable songwriters Denison Witmer and Sufjan Ste...
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I'm mad at Rosie Thomas and her intangible new album!
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Well, not really mad. I like Rosie Thomas. But These Friends of Mine (with Sufjan and Denison Witmer) came out yesterday as a digital release. Now I either have to download it, or wait until March for the physical cd to finally arrive. I don't want to wait four months. But I really, really hate downloading albums! I want the actual, touchable cd so I can enjoy the art and design of it. I even b...
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This one goes out to the one I love
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The One I Love ~ Rosie ThomasSunday under the covers? Yes, please. It is raining and grey outside, the sound of drops trilling out a rhytmic melody on the window panes. I'm on my third cup of hazlenut coffee, but I'm quite sure I could still fall back to sleep.Especially with Rosie's lullabye-laden cover of R.E.M.'s this-is-definitely-not-a-love-song love song, 'The One I Love'.This one goes o...
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These Friends Of Mine
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Rosie Thomas Rosie got her start as a vocalist for the Detroit Dreampop band Velour 100 before going solo as a Singer-Songwriter. She first gained attention through her appearance on the song Parking Lot, from Damien Jurado's album Ghost of David. Following 3 successful solo albums, Rosie recently released These Friends Of Mine with help from notable songwriters Denison Witmer and Sufjan Ste...
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Hi. This Mog thing is weird. But, this song is pretty, so, please enjoy it.
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I'm mad at Rosie Thomas and her intangible new album!
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Artist:
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Well, not really mad. I like Rosie Thomas. But These Friends of Mine (with Sufjan and Denison Witmer) came out yesterday as a digital release. Now I either have to download it, or wait until March for the physical cd to finally arrive. I don't want to wait four months. But I really, really hate downloading albums! I want the actual, touchable cd so I can enjoy the art and design of it. I even b...
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