Clutching Stems

[lenn9o9n]

Home page of Allmusic.com prominently features the band in a blog post. Seems they have shared a few of their favorite songs for bike riding. Read it here: http://blog.allmusic.com/2011/6/7/th...ug-transistor/
Also worth noting, the album received 4 and a half stars out of 5 from the site. One writer claims it to be among their best work.
http://www.allmusic.com/album/r2187579

WOW, that review has me pumped!

[one-headedboy]

This album is fuckin good. I got a free poster with it too. I've listened to it four times since I got it (got it this week sometime, maybe last week, just opened it this morning)

[songles]

This album is fantastic. Olson has really settled into his voice on this. He's peeled off the last layers of that affected crooner style and the result is a much more expressive and dynamic vocal delivery through the whole record. And the songs are his best ever. This is such an unfashionably good band.

[Harnk]

sounds like a nice improvement from the last record.

i never knew why "albemarle sound" was named what is was until i found myself driving along side it most recently.

[meh]

This album is fantastic. Olson has really settled into his voice on this. He's peeled off the last layers of that affected crooner style and the result is a much more expressive and dynamic vocal delivery through the whole record. And the songs are his best ever. This is such an unfashionably good band.

Totally agree about his voice, though I do kind of miss the croon.

sounds like a nice improvement from the last record.

i never knew why "albemarle sound" was named what is was until i found myself driving along side it most recently.

what is it?

[lenn9o9n]

This album is fuckin good.

currently addicted to title track...set to record for fanfare 2012