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Boy & Bear - Moonfire
Boy & Bear sound more like a personality-free replica of a radio-friendly sub-genre of the folk tradition, and fall way short of convincing us that they’re the real deal. »
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when your first ep wins you accolades like rolling stone's artist to watch of 2011 and australia's prestigious triple j unearthed artist of the year, not to mention wooing fans the world over - including the likes of laura marling and marcus mumford, no less - there's only one thing you can do for your debut album: confound expectations. cheifly falling somewhere between mumford's earnest folkiness, leader cheetah's after the goldrush retro-romanticism and band of horses' radiant country-pop harmonies, 'moonfire' also puts feelers out in the direction of '60s psych (check the hints of manic organ on 'golden jubilee') and even krauty excursions.
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