On their MySpace page 'British folk prog' ensemble Army of Briars citetheir influences as "Pentangle, Incredible String Band, John Martyn,Nick Drake, Stockhausen." If that list seemed to take a somewhat incongruous left turn at the end, then I suspect you might not be quite ready for Army of Briars. Equally, if the lyric "who can bear the terror and grace of the beech tree but a fallen seed?" seems to struggle somewhat under its own weight, and if you have a limited affection for the mellotron or, above all, Vashti-esque 'naïve' vocals you should give this a miss. Army of Briars have cultivated a rather dense thicket of musical pretensions that make this a difficult recording for all but the tenaciously, capital P, Prog folkies amongst us to penetrate.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Army of Briars – Army of Briars (Discus)
On their MySpace page 'British folk prog' ensemble Army of Briars citetheir influences as "Pentangle, Incredible String Band, John Martyn,Nick Drake, Stockhausen." If that list seemed to take a somewhat incongruous left turn at the end, then I suspect you might not be quite ready for Army of Briars. Equally, if the lyric "who can bear the terror and grace of the beech tree but a fallen seed?" seems to struggle somewhat under its own weight, and if you have a limited affection for the mellotron or, above all, Vashti-esque 'naïve' vocals you should give this a miss. Army of Briars have cultivated a rather dense thicket of musical pretensions that make this a difficult recording for all but the tenaciously, capital P, Prog folkies amongst us to penetrate.
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