Yet another fantastic outfit from the always-thriving Seattle scene, All The Real Girls bring in a small army of musicians on this exciting album, where horns, harmonicas, accordions and cello are just a few of the tools used to flesh out their ‘countrygaze’ formula.<\/p>\n
The charming record leads with the galloping fun of the country-influenced \u201cRob Me Blind,\u201d where swirling guitars and dusty melodies make for a stunning opening, and \u201cShows What I Knew\u201d follows with a rugged approach to Americana that’s certainly not short on rhythm and harmony.<\/p>\n
The Side A highlight, \u201cMovie Star Handsome,\u201d then brings slide guitar in for a bouncy and reflective rock’n’roll moment, and \u201cWolves\u201d finishes the first half heavy on keys, and with a darker quality of timelessness we tend to associate with legends like Conor Oberst. <\/p>\n
Side B is just as great, and leads with the upbeat and glorious \u201cEmpty Glass Of Ice,\u201d where strategic pedal steel and a snappy atmosphere could turn even the most diehard punk into a cowboy, while the lush folk-rock of the breezy \u201cHometown Hero\u201d will have you digging out your Jayhawks records. \u201cBrother Brian,\u201d the best of the best here, then moves with rural rock fun where saxophones and\u00a0 trumpets ensure a great time, and \u201cYour Favorite Songs\u201d exits the listen initially soft but builds quickly into a shuffling pace of rootsy indie-rock that would be a perfect companion to The Weakerthans’ Left And Leaving<\/i>. <\/p>\n
If there’s a better record that’s been released this year, then I haven’t heard it. With strong storytelling, eloquent and extremely memorable songwriting, and an innovative approach to indie-rock, let’s put Movie Star Handsome <\/i>on a level with The Decemberists’ The King Is Dead <\/i>as perfection from the Pacific Northwest. Yes, this is that good and gets better with each listen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":34005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10482],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-45833","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-all-the-real-girls","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45833","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=45833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/45833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=45833"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=45833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}