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Turbine
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Don't Mind If I Should
Self-Released
Release: 10/19/2004
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Rated:
Review by:
Melanie Moore
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Turbine's Don't Mind If I Should is masterfully done and shows the artists, Jeremy Hilliard and Ryan Rightmire's, true talent. The album was recorded in a studio in New York City, where these guys made some beautiful music together. Most the songs are excessively long (the shortest being just over four minutes and the longest being just under nine) and never really vary from track to track.
Don't Mind If I Should is an album with folk roots. Jeremy Hilliard is great on electric guitar and Ryan Rightmire has definitely mastered the art of playing the acoustic guitar and harmonica at the same time. Both the boys hail from New York City, but listening to their music you'd swear they were from the South. I can't really say much about their music but that they are a blend of folksy-bluegrass-jazz sounding band, at times resembling Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, and others from those genres.
The record is full of impressive musical talent. "Desert Rose" is seven minutes long, but it seems like an eternity. The song continues and repeats and in the end is full of high pitched squealing of every instrument, causing serious pain in the head. After that song I certainly didn't want to continue on with the disc. However, my ears didn't explode and I later discovered one of the best songs on the album, "Wrong Side." It's a pity most people won't get past "Desert Rose" to hear it. The song starts out with an acoustic guitar telling a musical story that is added onto with the electric guitar and later by the harmonica, then it turns into a lovely ballad about making choices and living with it. The first three minutes include vocals, but from then on it's all a major jam session. "Traveling Man" is also worthy of praise. The opening and closing tracks of "New Age of Sun" and "Son of New Age" is the same thing, but they are worth listening to as well.
Basically this album is just as it states, "don't mind if I should," but don't make me listen to it all in one sitting. |
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