<p>Grand Archives is the new project of former <strong>Band of Horses</strong> guitarist Mat Brooke. The Seattle-based quintet’s debut album is a wonderful collection of pop songs that only occasionally reference Band of Horses’ signature style – clean, echoing guitar strums and country leanings – and have an overall feel of warmth and optimism rather than sadness. Some of the songs are jangly 60s-style pop reminiscent of the <strong>Pernice Brothers</strong>, while others shimmer with the same kind of beauty as the <strong>Flaming Lips’</strong> more mellow songs. While each track displays a different combination of influences, what they all have in common are rich, gorgeous vocal harmonies and carefully layered instrumental tracks that work together to create a deep, expansive pool of sound you’ll feel as if you could dive into. This effect is the strongest tie that Grand Archives has to Brooke’s past work, and it’s a pleasure to hear it applied to a very different sound. (Kiri)</p>2008-02-16T19:07:34-05:00grand-archives-s-t1508032Music2008-02-16T19:07:34-05:00Grand Archives: s/t2008-02-19T17:38:08-05:00Sub Pop
Grand Archives is the new project of former *Band of Horses* guitarist Mat Brooke. The Seattle-based quintet's debut album is a wonderful collection of pop songs that only occasionally reference Band of Horses' signature style - clean, echoing guitar strums and country leanings - and have an overall feel of warmth and optimism rather than sadness. Some of the songs are jangly 60s-style pop reminiscent of the *Pernice Brothers*, while others shimmer with the same kind of beauty as the *Flaming Lips'* more mellow songs. While each track displays a different combination of influences, what they all have in common are rich, gorgeous vocal harmonies and carefully layered instrumental tracks that work together to create a deep, expansive pool of sound you'll feel as if you could dive into. This effect is the strongest tie that Grand Archives has to Brooke's past work, and it's a pleasure to hear it applied to a very different sound. (Kiri)
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