There
is just a certain something about Lichen that makes “shake my bones” seem so
familiar that I instantly fell in love with it. At its roots, it is a collection of folk
songs, yet they are presented in an almost bedroom/lo-fi way that makes them
perfect for cassette as well. Though
they really don’t sound like Mumford & Sons, for example, I believe that
Mumford and, yes, even his sons wouldn’t sound this good on cassette.
Between
the acoustic guitar comes what I believe to be a banjo and perhaps also a
fiddle. The female vocals are reminiscent
of Becca Parks or Rachel Jacobs, and just come out rather well. It is a complimentary style of folk that
sometimes tells stories and other times just makes me think of “The Muppet
Movie” with Kermit the Frog sitting in a swamp, singing his songs.
But
there is where the odd aspect of this comes from, which I believe is what also
makes it that much better on the whole.
As much as this draws pictures in my imagination of someone sitting in a
rocking chair on front porches or as I mentioned earlier of being in the
backwoods swampy marshes, there is also this overall feel like this was
recorded straight to cassette by someone, sitting on their bed. The
combination may or may not feel like it should work- I don’t know, I’ve never
really given it much thought before- but Lichen does find a way to make it work
inexplicably well.
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