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(9 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
He pooed clouds and this is what came out...,
March 4, 2010 Cliff Holt (Hartford, CT) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heartland (Audio CD)
I wasn't very familiar with Owen Pallet / Final Fantasy before buying this. It was more of an impulse buy based on glowing reviews I read leading up to its release.
It clearly is the record to beat this year - nearly two months after its release and I still stand firm on that assumption.
My favorites are the first two tracks here. He is very grounded in classical structures. His compositions are full of impeccable tonal resolutions and his voice somehow recalls Christopher Cross.
With that said - go make your own assumptions.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Can't Imagine There Will be a Better Album This Year,
February 7, 2010 Andy Alabama (Birmingham, Al United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heartland (Audio CD)
Truly a special album. I am a bit skeptical of some of the newer indie rock--not a huge fan of Grizzly Bear, et al. I was won over by Other Music's "free download" off this record. Since then, I bought the CD and I have listened to little else. Standout tracks are "Lewis Takes Action" and "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt." A couple of clips of him playing these two tracks live (available on You Tube) demonstrate that this guy is amazing. If I had to pick an analogue, it's a bit similar to (his sometimes collaborators) Arcade Fire. Simply incredible, beautiful, lush, accomplished music. Pretty amazing.
Up Yours Heartland!,
April 19, 2012 Smoking Ace (Nashville,TN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Heartland (Audio CD)
Owen Pallet is an artist I came late to. I had heard a lot of his string arrangements from Arcade Fire records and a cool cover of Caribou's "Odessa", but besides that never dug deeper. Then I heard "Lewis Takes off his shirt", got that song stuck in my head for the past 10 months, and now here I am listening to an album that is all at once grand, strange, oddly catchy, and, yeah, kind of pretentious.
In interviews, Pallet seems a contrast to his spirited music; appearing very self assured, almost bitterly arrogant. And While Heartland is a tad narcissistic, the album's concept surrounds a god named Owen (wonder who that could be?), the compositions are so lovely it's hard to care. I've heard a lot of comparisons between Pallet and Joanna Newsom, and agree an influence can be heard in the arrangements; very classical structures mixed with modern day pop choruses. Along with very quirky, at times great, lyrics: "My every move is guided by the bidding of the singer. The...Read more
