Sky
Bird By Snow
| Available Formats | No. of Tracks | Price | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Download Album (mp3) | 10 tracks | £5.99 | ||
| Download Album (flac) | 10 tracks | £6.99 | ||
| Download individual tracks | N/A | from £0.75 |
Bird By Snow - Sky
The Bird by Snow story continues, and Fletcher Tucker is learning from previous transgressions: he’s becoming a much more accomplished arranger, leading songs that walk up to the edge of acid folk, but steer towards rock with their various distorted elements, and the solid, melodic backbone most of these tracks have. Borders on Durutti Column-esque new age aether in parts, and towards forest-minded deadheads like Still Life in others. Tucker’s voice was what shot him in the foot on previous releases; dude can’t help it, he sounds a little Muppety, and too much like James Taylor when he projects. Fortunately, he plays the vocal card with more subtlety here, allowing the strength of his compositions and co-instrumentalist Spencer Owen to fill in the blanks. Fleshed out with field recordings and more real, desolate charm than ever before, this is a record of great intrinsic worth, and manages to do something new and consistent within a genre largely held together by image and one-trick skills. They even manage to incorporate dub elements into their sound, sounding perfectly natural and not at all cheesy or forced. Incredible and very worthwhile.
Doug Mosurak
Dusted Magazine
Reviews
The Bird by Snow story continues, and Fletcher Tucker is learning from previous transgressions: he’s becoming a much more accomplished arranger, leading songs that walk up to the edge of acid folk, but steer towards rock with their various distorted elements, and the solid, melodic backbone most of these tracks have. Borders on Durutti Column-esque new age aether in parts, and towards forest-minded deadheads like Still Life in others. Tucker’s voice was what shot him in the foot on previous releases; dude can’t help it, he sounds a little Muppety, and too much like James Taylor when he projects. Fortunately, he plays the vocal card with more subtlety here, allowing the strength of his compositions and co-instrumentalist Spencer Owen to fill in the blanks. Fleshed out with field recordings and more real, desolate charm than ever before, this is a record of great intrinsic worth, and manages to do something new and consistent within a genre largely held together by image and one-trick skills. They even manage to incorporate dub elements into their sound, sounding perfectly natural and not at all cheesy or forced. Incredible and very worthwhile.
Doug Mosurak
Dusted Magazine
Tracklisting
Download Album (KD043DD)
- Fletcher Tucker - White Sky
- Fletcher Tucker - Black Elk In The Mountains
- Fletcher Tucker - Plato's Cave
- Fletcher Tucker - (___ __________ ____ ____)
- Fletcher Tucker - The Sound And The River Within The Sound
- Fletcher Tucker - Sasquatch Says: The Old World Whispers
- Fletcher Tucker - Green I's
- Fletcher Tucker - (_____ _____ ______)
- Fletcher Tucker - I Am Not The Moon And Neither Is The Moon
- Fletcher Tucker - Animals Calling
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