The Swell Season - Strict Joy (2009) [Lossless/FLAC] w/ Bonus Disc torrent download



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album info


Disc 1





1. Low Rising


2. Feeling the Pull


3. In These Arms


4. The Rain


5. Fantasy Man


6. Paper Cup


7. High Horses


8. The Verb


9. I Have Loved You Wrong


10. Love That Conquers


11. Two Tongues


12. Back Broke








Disc 2 (Live)





1. All The Way Down


2. Lies


3. This Low


4. Drown Out


5. When Your Mind's Made Up


6. I Have Loved You Wrong


7. Falling Slowly


8. Leave


9. What Happens When The Heart Just Stops


10. Lay Me Down


11. Once


12. If You Want Me


13. Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy


14. Fitzcarraldo





After the relative success of the indie film "Once", and the Oscar award winning


success of the ballad from the film, "Falling Slowly", this dynamic duo


consisting of Glen Hansard of the Frames and Czech singer/songwriter Mark?a


Irglov?were riding high on the wings of exposure. The on-screen chemistry in


the film also was completely relevant in their musical chemistry as well with


the release of their debut album, under the moniker The Swell Season.





The album was a realistic look and portrayal of the more personal relationship


the two shared. Glen Hansard, nearly twice the age of his counterpart, had even


once said "I had been falling in love with her for a long time, but I kept


telling myself she's just a kid". The love affair coupled with the undeniable


talents of both musicians and their incredible songwriting skills made for one


of the best releases of the year. Glen Hansard's brash, fragile, and convincing


Irish voice and simplistic, softly strummed guitar work coupled with Irglova's


innocent, angelic, restrained voice and beautiful piano skills made for an


endearing and incredible listening experience.





Now, three years later, Hansard and Irglova are no longer romantically involved,


but return with another different outlook on their personal relationship with


their latest album, entitled "Strict Joy". The familiar gloom and despair


returns, but with a slight hint of optimism sparsely spread throughout. In fact,


the album starts in a somewhat upbeat tone with the track "Low Rising". It's a


jazzy number played at a slow tempo, complete with horns and a fairly


interesting bassline and bluesy guitar riffs not entirely unlike something you'd


hear for Glen Hansard's other project, The Frames. Despite the outward


appearance of an uplifting track, the lyrics are still obviously representative


of Hansard's inner turmoil with lyrics like "I want to sit you back and talk, I


want to pull back the veils and find out what I've done wrong".





The general uplifting feel continues with the second track "Feeling the Pull", a


short piano driven track with harmonica and Hansard's voice convincingly


swooning over top. It's not until the third track "In These Arms" that the duo


began to settle into their own niche, and familiar territory. Slow,


softly-strummed guitar chords and Hansard's delicate voice carry the verse, and


then Irglova's gentle spurts of cascading piano notes and soft vocals


complementing him in the chorus singing "Maybe I was born to hold you in these


arms". It's a beautiful track, and one of the highlights of the album.





The album maintains that general feel throughout. "The Rain" displays Hansard's


genuine songwriting ability in it's finest form. "Fantasy Man" is a primarily


acoustic number and the first track on the album that gives Marketa Irglova


primary vocal duties. "High Horses" is a genuinely haunting and atmospheric


track and a welcome departure from their general formula. The same heartache and


despair is relevant, but the song features some incredible vocal passages, then


a slow building instrument buildup towards the end that almost explodes into a


huge wall of sound and before anti-climatically fading into softness once more


as it ends. "I Have Loved You Wrong" is another highlight. A slow, brooding bass


line complements another primarily Irglova sung track that carries on hushed and


entrancing, until Hansard finally lends his vocal duties in the beautiful climax


where both singers repeat the line "Every now and then on my mind" as the music


cuts out and their intertwining vocals are all that's left, making for one of


the more emotional and heartfelt moments of the album.





"Two Tongues" is easily one of the more emotionally fragile and heartbreaking


songs of the album and once again the pair's vocals build to a chorus where you


can almost feel bitterness between the two as they deliver their lines. And


"Back Broke" closes the album with another hushed acoustic ballad that ends the


album on another note of melancholy, fragile despair.





Overall, the album is extremely strong and entrancing. The way their vocals and


guitar and piano parts interweave with one another perfectly make it truly


pleasant on the ears, and the backdrop of swelling strings and choir vocals


spread throughout provide atmosphere and an entrancing effect that pulls you in


and won't release it's grasp until the very end. This album is meant for dreary


days, but it's easy to find comfort in two people who display heartache so


convincingly and with such beauty.
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