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- Date Released: October 2, 2007
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Psychedelic Rock
- Label: Parasol Records
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We Say...
Will the 1900s stay together much longer after their debut full-length, Cold & Kind? It's a question that's up for debate, considering the band's "Fleetwood Mac-style" break-ups referenced in their bio. With three girls and four boys, it's bound to happen, of course. Even so, you'd be hard-pressed to hear it in the music: the septet uses a pleasing mix of boy/girl vocal harmonies, winning arrangements and warm production to help you fall into the proper reverie. It's a combination that has served Belle and Sebastian well throughout their career and, should the 1900s be able to keep it together, will allow them plenty of chances to win over fans for years to come.
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They Say...
The 1900s' debut album, Cold & Kind, lives up to the promise of the EP that preceded it and then some. 2006's Plume Delivery had many charms, from the rich arrangements and hook-filled songs, to the lovely voices of the group's trio of singers. Cold & Kind keeps these assets firmly in place but improves on them greatly. The record's songs are instantly memorable, emotionally wrenching, and will linger long after the disc stops spinning. The arrangements are more sophisticated and inventive, and the voices are stronger and more assured. Indeed if you're a fan of vocal harmonies, Caroline Donovan and Jeanine O'Toole will give you goosebumps with the otherworldly assists they give Edward Anderson's equally fine vocals. When one of the women step out front, as on "When I Say Go," or when their harmonies lead the song, like on "The Medium Way," it's like a '30s starlet has walked into the room, backlit and angelic, to take your breath away. Surrounding the voices are painstakingly recorded, immaculately crafted arrangements featuring strings, horns, all manner of keyboards, tambourines, and just the right amount of atmosphere the song calls for, whether it's rollicking and loose on the yearning "Two Ways," haunting and spare on the chilling "Supernatural," or quiet and thoughtful on the resigned and melancholy "City Water." Cold & Kind is a widescreen, epic kind of record that sounds huge but can shrink down on a dime and focus on tiny details, a record as warm as a bath on a cold winter night and as satisfying as that first instant your head hits the pillow after an endless day. It's not a precious, museum piece though. Unlike some bands who get their influence from the baroque sounds of bands like the Zombies, the Bee Gees, and the Left Banke, the 1900s aren't afraid to pierce the gauzy chamber pop arrangements with sharp guitars. They don't shy away from upping the tempo now and then, and they aren't adverse to raising their voices above a whisper. Cold & Kind is the kind of record that will capture the heart of anyone lucky enough to discover it, a glittering jewel of well-written, perfectly recorded, and heartbreakingly honest and true music nestled in the trash heap of product that floods that market each week.
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| 01. |  |
No Delay |
1:49 |
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| 02. | |
Georgia |
2:23 |
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| 03. | |
When I Say Go |
3:21 |
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| 04. | |
Cold & Kind |
4:39 |
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| 05. | |
City Water |
3:45 |
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| 06. | |
Acutiplantar Dude |
4:19 |
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| 07. | |
When We Lay Down |
0:53 |
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| 08. | |
Two Ways |
3:17 |
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| 09. | |
The Medium Way |
5:05 |
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| 10. | |
Supernatural |
3:47 |
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| 11. | |
Wool Of The Lamb |
4:53 |
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| 12. | |
[untitled] |
1:42 |
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12 Total Tracks, 39:53 Total Length
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Credits
- Graeme Gibson - Percussion // Graeme Gibson - Producer // Graeme Gibson - Engineer // Graeme Gibson - Mixing // Andra Kulans - Performer // Andra Kulans - Group Member // Josh Berman - Trumpet // Josh Berman - Horn // Nick Broste - Trombone // Nick Broste - Horn // Melissa Bach - Performer // Benjamin Balcom - Piano // Benjamin Balcom - Horn Arrangements // Benjamin Balcom - String Arrangements // Benjamin Balcom - Wurlitzer // Jason Michael Ward - Mastering // Tim Minnick - Photography // Tim Minnick - Group Member // Caroline Donovan - Group Member // Charlie Ransford - Group Member // Jody Livo - Performer // Edward Anderson - Engineer // Edward Anderson - Group Member
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