Comments on: Meredith Fierke “The Procession” Review

By: anderson

anderson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:24:07 +0000

I’m completely willing to face up to a bit of cranial-rectal inversion here, but listen to “Train’s Song”, then to to “Yasmin The Light” and see if you don’t hear a similarity – the jangly/bell tone on e-guitar, slid bass notes, slightly squashed but great drum kit sound, splashy cymbals – I’m talking about the beginning of “Yasmin” – the ‘in the sky’ sound, not their ‘explosions’ sound, all similarities cease around 90 seconds…here’s a clip of an in-store, which is worth watching just to see the drummer switch from mallets (in the sky) to stix (explosions) then count himself back in as they take it to a very different place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VP2BQnjL0I

By: Jon Behm

Jon Behm — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:17:32 +0000

I didn’t hear the EITS either, but am looking forward to seeing if I hear them in Fierke’s live set this Friday

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:59:11 +0000

I don’t know Bird York – a quick trip to YouTube should remedy that, however. I didn’t hear the Explosions in the Sky comparison before, but I’ll pop the disc in again and see how it sounds this time around.

By: anderson

anderson — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:46:01 +0000

Cowboy Junkies – absolutely. Meredith also sounds, vocally, a lot like Bird York, who sang “In The Deep” from the film Crash and was nominated for an Oscar for that track. But Bird is more of a jazz singer, whereas Meredith spins off in the alt/country sound. Anyone else hear a bit of Explosions In The Sky on the arrangements?

By: Jon Behm

Jon Behm — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:06:49 +0000

Wouldn’t argue with you at all there Chris

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:41:17 +0000

You mention Sarah Mclachlan, which I can hear when Meredith hits her lower notes – but I’m gonna flip da scrip and say that ‘The Procession’ sounds a lot like another bunch-o Canucks, The Cowboy Junkies. The gnarled twang hits homes for me.