Indie and Lo-Fi music reviews

I am very new to Amps For Christ but I love 'em. Folkcore is also new to me, but I think if there ever was a band that embodied the aesthetic, it would be AFC.

Most of the music doesn't have vocals, features sitar, ditorted guitar, and world instruments, and is very tradional of Scottish and Indian melodies. In one such case, they completely cover the Scottish tune Auld Lang Syne with distorted guitar (Old Lang Syne/Tube). I loved Freddit the Mockingbird, a song which sounds Oriental in nature to the melody but it adds warped squeaking sounds and other acoustic instrument sounds to fill the void.

They are a somewhat political band (if you see them like that) by including the poem/performance "Gold On Mars." They more or less just like good instrumentals more than anything, IMO. I would definitely pick up this album because it serves as good ambient music with a spice all its own.

...should have been sung on the first track. Really, what could have been a decent sound is marred by high school poetic spouting. Only on "Tension (Piano Verite)" do they pass off as non-whincing material. The style is like taking the voice of the singer from the 12 Rods and putting it over "The Soft Bulletin". Nothing too new.

Still, the song writing is very good considering it is from indie electronica camp of The Postal Service. Just try to faze out the subject matter and maybe you'll like it.