Album Review By Sammie Garfinkel
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balance between their pop ambitions and holdings with their traditional bluegrass folk recordings.
The emotionalism of this album depicts what fans love about Avett. The listeners “get took for a ride every time...” with "Down With the Shine", a harmonic confection of their classic banjo-plucking sound and notable songcraft that Avett has so effortlessly created. Life later takes the form of a polite composition of compelling lyrics and a solemn feeling.
Scott Avett recently told Rolling Stone, ”I don’t know if the closeness to our hearts that some of these songs have will translate to the people. But I know how impactful and how heavy it is for us.” As a devoted listener, I feel a strong connection at all of their music, but this album especially. There is a sobering truth in the song "February Seven" that encompasses why I love Avett so much: “There's no fortune at the end of the road that has no end, There's no returning to the spoils Once you've spoiled the thought of them, There's no falling back to sleep Once you've woken from the dream, Now I'm rested and I'm ready, I'm rested and I'm ready to begin....”
Sammie Garfinkel is a WYEP 91.3FM intern, as well as a Re(imagine) Media contributor.
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