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The Felice Brothers
by The Felice Brothers
The folk rock band from upstate New York formed by three brothers and their friend releases its first studio album in the US.
| LABEL: |
Team Love |
| RELEASE DATE: |
04 March 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Country |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
The Onion (A.V. Club)
It sounds timeless, yet tossed-off. Best of all, it's a real blast, just like messing around with your drinking buddies (rock legends or not) should be.
80
Uncut
Rowdy, vivid, moving and playful, The Felice Brothers is just glorious.
80
All Music Guide
One can't help but wish the 15-track set list included more numbers like 'Frankie's Gun,' which features some of Ian's wittiest lyrics and the brothers' spot-on imitation of the Band, but it's hard to find fault in this collection of earthy ballads and barroom jams.
80
Q Magazine
They'll have to evolve quickly to avoid being tarred with the copyist brush, but for now it's just dandy. [May 2008, p.135]
80
Mojo
The Bros' songs mostly rollick on witrh the agreeably vaudevillian bonhomie of The Band, when not essaying gloom with swooningly lachrymose balladry. [June 2008, p.114]
80
Delusions of Adequacy
The songs on this album work together (sometimes roughly, sometimes smoothly) as sketches and vignettes to form an overall artistically thematic picture of the world in which we live. The brothers paint this picture so starkly with gritty hyper-realism that the songs will not and do not appeal to the greater audience of folk music that is still deriving its voice from the love songs of Simon and Garfunkel and Jackson Browne.
70
Spin
The Felice Brothers aspire to the weird, woozy vibe of the Band's "The Basement Tapes," and often approach it. [Apr 2008, p.96]
70
Under The Radar
When the band puts it all together, they've got a sound all their own--and it's a good one, too. [Spring 2008, p.85]
55
Pitchfork
Who knows whether or not the Felice Brothers--brothers Ian, Simone, and James, plus a friend called Christmas--are actually, consciously trying to come as close as possible to replicating Dylan an/or the Band on their self-titled latest. Regardless, the point is, whether they intended to or not, they've come eerily, awkwardly, creepily close to capturing that familiar mix of mood, mystery, atmosphere, and aesthetic.
50
PopMatters
Overall, this is a solid disc which shows potential, but the Felice Brothers aren’t quite there yet.
The average user rating for this album is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
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