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His crooning has an absentminded, otherworldly quality that's perfectly lovely.
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Earlier Vetiver records cultivated an air of backwoods mysticism, heavy on acoustic picking and tribal percussion, but Tight Knit is a leap ahead, stepping out of the mists and shadows and into a warm, bright clearing.
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Tight Knit’s arrangements are rather tightly wound, with the album’s soothing vibe finely calibrated enough to excuse an outlying foray into languid funk.
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Alternative PressVetiver have previously been a little too left-of-center for any huge acclaim, but with Tight Knit, expect the blogosphere to light up. [mar 2009, p.107]
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On the surface, Tight Knit may sound like more of the same for Vetiver, and thankfully so. While the band reaches a bit further than previously, they are careful not to stretch too far, focusing instead on the continued refinement of their position as rock’s youngest elder statesmen.
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A subtle, intricate album that simply gets better with every listen. A bittersweet pleasure from beginning to end.
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The group aims to shed the "freak folk" misnomer once and for all with a gorgeous collection of rustic folk rock.
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MojoTight Knit is a beautiful, lazy album of befogged West Coast dreams. [Apr 2009, p.107]
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Q MagazineIt's their most melodically accomplished and wide-ranging effort yet. [Apr 2009, p.111]
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It might not be the best album Vetiver have made, but it's the most consistent and beguiling.
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With their boundaries and ambitions by now well established, on Tight Knit Cabic and company largely succeed in luring the listener hazily back in time and into Vetiver's comfort zone.
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Everything here, from the restrained pedal steel and drifty organ to the lyrics, reflects a gentle informality that has nothing to do with laziness and everything to do with following the flow.
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Andy Cabic's balmy folk songs pull from pert shades of doo-wop 'Everyday') and Latin syncopation ('Strictly Rule'). But his whispery voice can take on a Donovan-like sultriness, making a song such as 'Sister' far sexier than a song named 'Sister' should be.
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A sweet, cheery and summery collection of folk tunes that sometimes verges on a more commercial surfy sound akin to Jack Johnson while still remaining on the right side of lovely.
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Cabic’s limited vocal powers are part of the problem. His dusty delivery is allusive when wrapped in instrumental swirls--asked to front up a song, it sounds merely flat.
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While laying his influences bare on a covers record may have tipped his hand as to what Tight Knit would sound like, there is little about this album that is predictable.
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Under The RadarWhilst perhaps not as cohesive as their debut or 2006's "To Find Me Gone," does nonetheless mark an intriguing point in the band's development. [Winter 2009, p.76]
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He could just be the thinking man's Jack Johnson: Cabic's clean playing and Cali vibe are pure mellow.
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A connoisseur of contemporary folk may find something to love in Andy Cabic’s latest offering. For the rest of us, Tight Knit will likely serve as little more than a relaxing soundtrack to our mid-afternoon siesta.
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There is such a thing as too much understatement, and Tight Knit features a veritable abundance of scarcities.
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Vetiver’s 2006 To Find Me Gone found that nice place for campfire listening, but tracks like Everyday and More Of This sound more like background tunes released for the purpose of selling a digital camera or a cellphone with really good reception.
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California dreaming, diminishing returns.