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- Record Label: Constant Artists, Inc./Red Pig
- Release Date: Oct 7, 2008
- Summary: The fifth album for the Seattle, Washington-based band was produced by Mark Nevers, Alex McManus, and Eric Bachmann.
- Record Label: Constant Artists, Inc./Red Pig
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Top Track
| Luisa's Bones | |
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| We came, by the rising of the river, on a river with no name, in the summer monsoon rain, to wash away luisa's bones, from the ghost who guards her... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 4 out of 9
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Mixed: 5 out of 9
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For all its guest appearances (Neko Case, Silver Jews’ Brian Kotzur and Devotchka’s Tom Hagerman), the album’s overall sound is tight and consistent.
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Alternative PressIt seems that Crooked Fingers have solidified their sound regardless of how schizophrenic Forfeit/Fortune may seem. [Jan 2008, p.124]
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An 11-song set of dusty, horn-laden, highway driving, drink-spilling heartache that stands as the group's most solid piece of work to date.
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He still operates un the shadow of his semi-seminal indie rocjk outfit, due to an inconsistency that also plagues Forfeit/Fortune. [Nov 2008, p.89]
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FilterOverall, Forfeit/Fortune feels too much like a collection of songs that were thrown together without thought or directoion. [Fall 2008, p.99]
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So among Forfeit/Fortune's many misses, Bachmann can't help but hit a few.
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The choice tracks, the tracks that redeem an otherwise eternally frustrating album are 'Cannibals' and 'Modern Dislocation.'
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