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Media Review
Music Quality: 8.5
Production: 9.0
Originality: 8.0
Tracklisting
2. A Dark Congregation
3. Sweet Tangerine
4. Lions Roar
5. Lighthouse
6. Don't Wake Me Up
7. Where We Went Wrong
8. Magnolia
9. Wine Red
10. Out Through The Curtain
11. You Are The Moon
The follow up to their Fueled By Ramen/Decaydance debut So Sudden, Like Vines continues to take The Hush Sound in the same catchy, clever, and toe-tapping direction, with a few new surprises.
The disc kicks off with the song "We Intertwined" which is where the album name descended from. My co-workers that don't usually enjoy rock music in general still found themselves tapping their feet against the wooden floors of my workplace in which is where I listened to the album initially. I left it on repeat for eight hours. It definitely didn't get old in those eight hours, which says a lot for an album in my book.
The rich compositions of each song seem to haunt this album. Driving piano and guitars, and brilliantly composed bass seem to intertwine with the vocals, which are molded by both male and female voices. Bob Morris's voice seems to be a driving force of each song and the melody, complete with his own jazz or swing style hooks, very similar to the vocals of former Vagrant rockers, Koufax. Greta Salpeter doesn't drive the songs as Morris does, but seems to flow with it, delicately but with sincerity and strength. Each song, reguardless of who is doing vocals, is accompanied with catchy and clever lyrics.
The highpoint and standout tracks to me are Don't Wake Me Up, and my personal favorite, Red Wine. Both songs include a combination of male and female vocals, and just seem to be timeless tracks that I would have enjoyed six years ago, and will probably enjoy six years from today.
If you enjoyed the previous Hush Sound album, So Sudden, or anything like Koufax or Ben Folds, you will definitely want to pick this up. I honestly believe this album will be in my CD player for quite awhile now. It's definitely one of the more solid albums I have listened to this year, and its replay ability is a main reason why it earned such a good rating.