Top Ten Albums of 2009 - #3
Sea Wolf's White Water, White Bloom
I was really excited when I finally read that this album was finished. Sea Wolf's first album is in my top 10-15 albums of all time, and it's one I desperately hoped to see released on vinyl (never happened). When WWWB was announced and pre-orders were listed online, I took the enormous step forwards (or backwards?) of ordering it strictly on vinyl. It came with a download card that included the two vinyl-only tracks, so luckily I didn't have to wait till I could grab a copy of the CD, because it's that damn good. True - it's a different beast. Leaves In The River was a far more stripped back, acoustically-driven effort. Yet WWWB retains just the right measure of the past and mixes in enough lateral progress to make itself a different kind of amazing.
Also, the bonus tracks should have been full album tracks on every format. "Fighting Bull" is one of the best songs of the year.
Sea Wolf's White Water, White Bloom
I was really excited when I finally read that this album was finished. Sea Wolf's first album is in my top 10-15 albums of all time, and it's one I desperately hoped to see released on vinyl (never happened). When WWWB was announced and pre-orders were listed online, I took the enormous step forwards (or backwards?) of ordering it strictly on vinyl. It came with a download card that included the two vinyl-only tracks, so luckily I didn't have to wait till I could grab a copy of the CD, because it's that damn good. True - it's a different beast. Leaves In The River was a far more stripped back, acoustically-driven effort. Yet WWWB retains just the right measure of the past and mixes in enough lateral progress to make itself a different kind of amazing.Also, the bonus tracks should have been full album tracks on every format. "Fighting Bull" is one of the best songs of the year.
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