Hush arbors – Yankee reality
[Ecstatic Peace, 2009]
genre: folk, noise pop, psychedelic pop
Album review by Goresonic

“Hush arbors” are actually one person, Keith Wood, a musician from Virginia, USA, accompanied by a band that performs his songs. His music is folk with some psychedelic pop influences. We can say that this music is in general what we call Americana. This is their second album in Thurston Moore’s record label Ecstatic Peace. J Mascis (guitarist and singer of the Dinosaur jr) is the producer of the album who also plays drums and guitar on a few tracks. This fact, made them sound more 90’s and more indie than their previous album especially in the songs that he is playing.
The album has 3 different sounds:
• Their original sound in seven out of 10 songs of the album. Slow pop melodies, romantic songs that reminds me my school period. Songs that I wanted to listen when I was in love. Songs that I wanted to listen and thinking about my love.
• The bouncy pop sound that “Lisbon” has. This is the most mainstream song of the album. It’s happy, it’s noisy and it’s a very nice song for a dance party.
• The Dinosaur jr’s sound that the last songs of the album have. These are the songs where J Mascis is playing. Songs that could have been Dinosaur jr’s tracks if Wood was more heavy.
I don’t believe that this album is a masterpiece. Although, I believe that it’s a nice and an easy album to listen.

The album:
Hush arbors – Yankee reality 2009
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Links
http://husharbors.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/husharborsmusic
http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/artist.php?id=23

tracks
1. Day before
2. Lisbon
3. Fast asleep
4. So they say
5. One way ticket
6. Coming home
7. Sun shall
8. Take it easy
9. For while you slept
10. Devil made you high

Goresonic