The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #133623   Message #3096016
Posted By: Richard Mellish
15-Feb-11 - 06:00 PM
Thread Name: Oak Ash and Thorn Project - Bellamy/Kipling songs
Subject: RE: Review: Oak, Ash and Thorn Project
Hmm. This seemed promising -- until I listened to the two samples available on the Folk Police website and had great trouble understanding the words.

Frankies's (sic) Trade seems to have the voice slightly out of sync on the left and right channels, with weird background (or not so background) sound effects to add to the confusion.

The Heavens Above Us is better, but the diction isn't clear enough for me to hear some of the words through the accompaniment.

I could look up the original poems and read those while listening, but that's not how songs should be.

Richard (in cantankerous old curmudgeon mode)