Defiance Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/defiance/ New and independent music Tue, 26 May 2015 14:55:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Defiance Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/defiance/ 32 32 88787050 Among Giants – Truth Hurts https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2012/08/29/among-giants-truth-hurts/ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:27:00 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=538 Among Giants, from Orlando, Florida, have a sound somewhere between Paul Baribeau’s singalong strumming and the urgent folky punk of Defiance, Ohio. It’s a genre that I really enjoy but don’t come across to often; a carefree abandonment of heavy production and intricate arrangements in favour of descriptive, plain speaking lyrics and good old-fashioned energy and feeling. This isn’t to say that the album is sloppy or thrown together, it’s quite the contrary. Over a year in the making, Truth […]

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]]> Among Giants, from Orlando, Florida, have a sound somewhere between Paul Baribeau’s singalong strumming and the urgent folky punk of Defiance, Ohio. It’s a genre that I really enjoy but don’t come across to often; a carefree abandonment of heavy production and intricate arrangements in favour of descriptive, plain speaking lyrics and good old-fashioned energy and feeling.

This isn’t to say that the album is sloppy or thrown together, it’s quite the contrary. Over a year in the making, Truth Hurts is a well put together album of admirable variety. There is some shouting (‘There is a Ghost’), some emotion (‘A Letter’) and some sounds that would fit nicely on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk 2 (‘The Pond’). In other words, all the things you could want in an album.

Truth Hurts is available on a pay-what-you-want basis over at the Among Giants Bandcamp page. I’m sure a small donation would be very much appreciated.

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