The Vulturines
Fowl Language
( Gypsy Basilica ) 2006

Portland, Oregon's The Vulturines first full-length album. Twelve songs, five of which were on their debut ep.

Perfectly crafted songs using a mixture of way too many influences with one of the best singers ever is what the Vulturines music is. Jennifer Saez's voice sounds like she is almost too shy to sing maybe, it's so innocent and sounds so natural, just very genuine and unforced in a way.

Every song is perfect. The first song"Desert" is maybe my favorite at the moment. It has an almost sad, dreary feel with the instruments at the beginning and throughout the song, but especially in the beginning. The song sounds like it was written on a nice cold, cloudy day and almost ready to rain perhaps. Maybe all of their songs have that feel and should be listened to on a cloudy, autumn day.

There are a few instrumental songs with the exception of the "One, two, three!" that starts off "Proctoltergeist" which is a word they made up I suppose because google's never heard of it other than it being the name of a song on this album. The instrumentals are good even though you're kind of wishing that there would be some singing because they are such nice singers.

The last song is "Elise Marie" and it's sung by - I think - Corbin Supak. It sounds like a bit of a departure from the other songs just because Jennifer isn't singing but it's a really good song too and a perfect closer for Fowl Language.

Now we just need to get them to play shows outside of Portland - everyone should be able to get the chance to see them because they have to be good live.

{naoko} :: [October in 2006]