The Bye Bye Blackbirds
Boxer At Rest
Double Potions Records
All but the lead guitar was recorded before bandmember Lenny Gil’s heart transplant and long recovery, and when he had recovered he tracked all his parts in one day.
This album is wonderfully produced and engineered by Doug Gillard and Chris Von Sneidern. It's a testament to perseverance, to hope that things will get better, for the good times following the bad, and believing in yourself, your friends, and your loved ones. As such, it’s great, and is a welcome addition to the Oakland, CA band's catalog.
The centerpiece of the album is “If It Gets Light,” with its hypnotic jam. Indeed this album is warm, jangly, modern pop/rock, with “Words and Signs” folkish in nature. A terrific album, and one that repays repeated listening with joy.
Andrea Weiss
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