Named after the place where camels shit, Vetiver is a folk rock group from San Francisco who have been around a few years. This is their second album for Sub Pop. ...and sounds like nothing that which I grew up remembering Sub Pop bands sounding like.Which is okay by definition; but by and large Vetiver are not my cup of tea. For example, the opener, "It's Beyond Me" is a good enough California dreamscape wave of mellowness, but then it spends two minutes at the end droning on like they forgot they were still plugged in.
I'm not sure when this Fleet-Foxy trend started occurring, but Vetiver is acheiving only polish here, not originality. "Hard To Break", for example is merely a reworking of Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down The Line". Nor do they have the vocal prowess to handle FF's type-of harmony. It also sounds just like it's pretending to be organic. If the percussion here's isn't completely digital I'll be shocked.
I'm posting the official video, the best track, which is an uncharacteristically upbeat track from the record. Enjoy, but don't be fooled. (1.5 of 5 stars)
No comments:
Post a Comment