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- Summary: The latest solo album for the My Morning Jacket guitarist features his father on the bassoon, clarinet, and saxophone.
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- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Alt-Country, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Folk
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All Birds Say isn't concerned with aping anyone else's sound, though, and it wields the sort of casual confidence that's rarely heard on a sideman's solo project. If Carl Broemel ever decides to quit his day job, he's got a promising future here.
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Broemel writes hooks that sneak up on you through simple singsong melodies. His lyrics sound like hippie beatitudes.
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All Birds Say is worn down by its sluggishness and suffers overall from a surfeit of ineffectual good humor.
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All Birds Say plays like some east coast indie darling took his acoustic guitar out into the great west, met a kindred soul with a steel guitar and shared a few sweet and unambitious thoughts on life. Broemel chooses his instruments well, and if the album never raises its voice, with a consistency in tempo that approaches droning, it's still a pretty haze.
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