Categories : Featured Review, Folk + Roots, Music Reviews, Rock + Pop.
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Rating: 3.5 / 5 Reviewer: Trent Depue |
For Calgary-based indie darlings Woodpigeon, the start of a new decade brings good tidings as their new record Die Stadt Muzikanten brings to the table a much more consistent effort than last year’s Treasury Library Canada. But this across-the-board improvement calls out its most noticeable flaw – Die Stadt is lacking the noticeable standouts that made their sophomore effort more immediately effective.
‘Knock Knock’ and ‘I Live a Lot of Places’ come to mind immediately from Treasury, and while ‘Morningside’ and ‘Such a Lucky Girl’ come close, they don’t have the same urgency. That being said, Treasury provided greater temptation to use the skip button to reach those songs, and Die Stadt is ripe for start to finish listening.
Stylistically speaking, not much has changed, and not much needed to. Vocal harmonies between front man Mark Hamilton, Kenna Burima and Annalea Sordi are again at the forefront, with beautiful instrumentation backing that up, particularly the frequently used violin. Together these elements have the ability to send shivers down your spine, an effect best achieved on ‘Morningside.’ Even if it’s not perfect, Die Stadt shows off Woodpigeon’s forward momentum.
