Great Northern - Trading Twilight For Daylight

Reviewed by jonathan

Created in Los Angeles, Great Northern would be better suited to, yes, the great northern landscapes of America. Their sound has a Pacific Northwest feel to it, with its lovely melodies, densely layered and with rich and contrasting shades of instrumentation. If their music was a photograph it'd be a shot of a fishing village that's since run out of fish and is now a hamlet of artisans and craftspeople. There's a farmer's market going on in the town square and in the gazebo there's a band playing songs that make people want to dance with those near them. There's a warmth there, a kind of communal love and the band plays at twilight and it's good. It's all good. [www.greatnorthernmusic.com]

Jun 19 2007