Fair To Midland - Arrows & Anchors
2011, One Music
1. Heavens to Murgatroyd
2. Whiskey & Ritalin
3. Musical Chairs
4. Uh-Oh
5. Amarillo Sleeps on My Pillow
6. A Loophole in Limbo
7. Typhoid Mary Sends Her Best
8. Short-Haired Tornado
9. The Upset at Bailey Bridge
10. Rikki Tikki Tavi
11. Golden Parachutes
12. Bright Bulbs & Sharp Tools
13. Coppertank Island
14. Three Foolproof Ways to Buy the Farm
15. The Greener Grass
Arrows & Anchors reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend's Addicted. Not because they sound alike but because I haven't heard a record this...well... addicting since then. I find myself wanting to return to this album again and again. I scratches a musical itch I didn't even know I had. The guitars are thick and crunchy. The vocalist moves from soft whispers to growls to soaring clear notes - sometimes in the same song. The songs get stuck in your head for days. This will certainly make my "best of" 2012 list.
Useless Fact: "Rikki Tikki Tavi" is NOT about that cartoon with the mongoose that fights the cobra. I can't remember what the actual movie was called.
