The Denver based Alright Alright have a quite an interesting back story. They are a husband and wife duo, made up by classically trained pianist China Kent and her husband, Seth Kent, a guitar player and former guitar tech for fellow Colorado residents and superstars The Fray. The two bonded over their mutual adoration of U2’s Achtung Baby, <\/i>and though songwriting was on hold a bit while they raised their family, Nearby<\/i> arrives at a time when the pair’s creativity is at an all-time high. <\/p>\n
This debut album, however, doesn’t sound much like Bono and company. Instead, it breeds atmospheric folk ideas where Americana and chamber influences are present in a very intimate, comfortable setting.<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle Birds Little Girls\u201d starts out with a dramatic entrance where breathy vocals and warm keys paint a very emotive landscape, while percussion helps the tune build into a lush, gorgeous stunner. \u201cThe Liar\u201d follows and has dual gender vocals set to an acoustic guitar and quaint keys, which also shapes into electric playfulness. \u201cToo Much\u201d has plenty of China’s singing and piano work and makes great use of strings to help punctuate the tone. <\/p>\n
The middle of the record continues with \u201cWhisper Your Name,\u201d which has a lullaby feel with acoustic strumming, and \u201cGold Coast Highway\u201d gets soulful and aching while allowing Seth’s guitar work to really shine. \u201cBe Kind\u201d, one of the best tracks present, recruits a choir and strings for an orchestral influenced masterpiece that alone is worth the price of admission. <\/p>\n
The end of the album is just as thriving as the earlier portion, with \u201cBy The Bed\u201d bringing in twang to\u00a0 dense, blurry ambience, and the piano-driven \u201cLuckiest Girl In America,\u201d which allows China’s strong pipes to soar in a rich, textured environment.<\/p>\n
Let’s not pretend that there aren’t countless similar outfits that exist today playing this sort of folk music. However, the chemistry, skill, and attention to detail here is something that’s much less common, which amkes Alright Alright worth exploring and taking the time to absorb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":33688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10298],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-45509","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-alright-alright","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45509"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}