The Following Mountain
by Sam Amidon
  • Record Label: Nonesuch
  • Release Date: May 26, 2017
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  1. Copperknob
    Jun 5, 2017
    5
    Sam Amidon is an American Folk artist who just released his new album “The Following Mountain”, the album is just like any folk album but with a few new twists within the genre.

    His album begins with the track ‘Fortune’ that introduces his vocals and guitar being a simple folk track but with something sounding off (in a good way) that makes his style shown. Sadly this changes completely    Sam Amidon is an American Folk artist who just released his new album “The Following Mountain”, the album is just like any folk album but with a few new twists within the genre.

    His album begins with the track ‘Fortune’ that introduces his vocals and guitar being a simple folk track but with something sounding off (in a good way) that makes his style shown. Sadly this changes completely with ‘Ghost’ which turns the record into a loud, out of tune, pile of mess with his voice being so bad it hurts your ears and wants you to skip it.

    After ‘Ghost’ I got spectacle with this album and that the feel that we gotten from ‘Fortune’ won’t stay, luckily Ghost was a one time thing (for now) as the tracks ‘Another Story Told’, ‘Gendel in 5’ and ‘Blackbird’ keeps his warm vocals and guitar.

    The last 2 tracks ‘Warren’ and ‘April’ begin to show the overblown style that is “experimental” on this album, personally ruining the whole feel of the album just at the end (especially having the last track 11 minutes long)

    This album could of been a lot better, ‘Blackbird’ and ‘Fortune’ were really good and he probably has kept this in his earlier work and wanted a change, I don’t know I just found this guy out!

    Good: Fortune, Blackbird | Least: Ghost, April    … Expand

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
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  1. Mojo
    Sep 27, 2017
    60
    Not an easy listen, but admirable. [Nov 2017, p.97]
  2. Magnet
    Jun 27, 2017
    70
    Underscored throughout is how thoroughly Amidon embodies all of his material, regardless of is origins, and how much his art lies not simply in the songs themselves but in the distinctive, impressionistic atmospherics. [No. 143, p.53]
  3. The Guardian
    Jun 1, 2017
    80
    Not an easy listen then, but a deeply rewarding one.
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