Top Ten Albums of 2010 - #04
Junip's Fields
Editor's Note: This is the 7th in a weekly series of reviews marking my favorite ten albums of 2010. New reviews go up every weekend through the end of the year.
Read anything about Junip and there's one fact that's always brought up - this album took about a decade to make. That's a long wait from their only other release in that time, the Black Refuge EP (barring the EP that immediately preceded this album). People like me have been salivating over that EP and waiting for any kind of news that these guys were actually trying to put anything else out. A ten year wait comes with naturally unrealistically high expectations, but the album is still amazing. Look at it this way - of all of the tracks on the album, I think their first single was the closest thing to unremarkable (and that song, "Always," was released to pretty positive reviews).
I purchased the 3-disc edition, which bundled those first two EPs and two unreleased tracks with the album. It's nice to finally have a physical copy of BR, and Rope and Summit contains some nice cuts from the album, particularly "At The Doors": a 9-minute minimalistic jam that draws you into the warm fuzzy sound that marks Junip-style production.
Album highlight: The album closer is an epic piece of wonderment. For a taste, get "Tide" for $0.99 on Amazon/iTunes or get the whole MP3 album for $5. I think the semi-limited 3-disc edition is still available for $20 from www.junip.net.
Editor's Note: This is the 7th in a weekly series of reviews marking my favorite ten albums of 2010. New reviews go up every weekend through the end of the year.Read anything about Junip and there's one fact that's always brought up - this album took about a decade to make. That's a long wait from their only other release in that time, the Black Refuge EP (barring the EP that immediately preceded this album). People like me have been salivating over that EP and waiting for any kind of news that these guys were actually trying to put anything else out. A ten year wait comes with naturally unrealistically high expectations, but the album is still amazing. Look at it this way - of all of the tracks on the album, I think their first single was the closest thing to unremarkable (and that song, "Always," was released to pretty positive reviews).
I purchased the 3-disc edition, which bundled those first two EPs and two unreleased tracks with the album. It's nice to finally have a physical copy of BR, and Rope and Summit contains some nice cuts from the album, particularly "At The Doors": a 9-minute minimalistic jam that draws you into the warm fuzzy sound that marks Junip-style production.
Album highlight: The album closer is an epic piece of wonderment. For a taste, get "Tide" for $0.99 on Amazon/iTunes or get the whole MP3 album for $5. I think the semi-limited 3-disc edition is still available for $20 from www.junip.net.
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