I have to admit that that I fell in love with Bon Iver’s first release, For Emma, Forever Ago. It was overtly simple. It made eloquent use of overdubs and some digital effects. The result was magnificent. I have a big music collection and try to keep music rated in iTunes so that I can find all the good stuff quick. Usually I find a few stand out tracks on an album, but when I looked at my iTunes ratings, I found that I had rated all songs 5.
March of the Zapotec | Holland is essentially a double EP release by Zach Condon, the man behind the moniker, Beirut. I wondered why two EP’s weren’t condensed down into one full-length album, but upon listening it became apparent that these two EP’s were recorded by two completely different bands. For March of the Zapotec, Condon traveled to Teotitlan del Valle near Oaxaca, Mexico to record a full Mexican brass band. The opening passage, sounds like an open street festival. I visualized an entire village playing in the band, or marching beside it.
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