'12 - Dinosaur Feathers - Whistle Tips [FLAC/320] Dinosaur Feathers - Whistle Tips
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Artist.................: Dinosaur Feathers
Album................: Whistle Tips
Genre................: Rock
Source..............: CD
Year..................: 2012
Ripper...............: NMR
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Codec...............: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version.............: FLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. bitrate: 992kb/s)
Channels...........: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Included............: EAC Rip W/ LOG, CUE, M3U
Covers..............: Front
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Codec..............: LAME 3.99.5-64
Version.............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality.............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels..........: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz / 16 Bit
Tags................: .ID3 v2.3
Included...........: M3U
Covers.............: Front
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AMG
Artist - Dinosaur Feathers
Album - Whistle Tips
Rating - 3 1/2 of 5 star rating AMG Pick
Review by Chrysta Cherrie
Evolution may be just a theory, but in the case of Brooklyn indie pop outfit Dinosaur Feathers, there's no dispute that over the course of their short career their sound has changed and grown, and it's a welcome next step. The band's 2010 debut Fantasy Memorial landed squarely in Vampire Weekend/Animal Collective territory with its African-influenced drumbeats, spacey samples, angular guitars, and breezy vocals, but with Whistle Tips they introduce fuzzier, more assertive guitars and a beefed-up rhythm section, making for a more insistent and memorable follow-up.
This transition comes courtesy of Eli Crews' (tUnE-yArDs, WHY?, Beulah) production, and is due even more to the addition of Nick Brooks, the band's first live drummer, who quite simply makes the songs sound more alive.
From quirky pop ("City Living") and spastic neo-psychedelia ("Your Move") to prog-tinged riffing ("SURPRISE!") and Sea and Cake-like indie rock-jazz fusion ("Certain Times"), Dinosaur Feathers draw from an eclectic, expanded musical palette that confidently, comfortably synthesizes with the tropical rhythms and buoyant hooks they're known for, begging to be added to summer road trip playlists.
Opener "Young Bucks," with instantly bouncy guitars and Brian Wilson-worshiping harmonies, works as Whistle Tips' thesis statement and is supported by other standouts like "Untrue," a warm, jaunty Afro-pop-meets-new wave jam where Brooks' percussion workout shows off his range and demonstrates how invigorated the band sounds with him in it, and on "Beatcha," which begins as a midtempo, cosmic keyboard-driven track but swells to one of the album's most affecting choruses thanks to frontman Greg Sullo's commanding yet longing falsetto.
Dinosaur Feathers fly past the sophomore slump with Whistle Tips, building on their strengths, making changes that play to their potential, and delivering a bright, fun record that reveals rewarding new layers with every spin.
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With Whistle Tips, Brooklyn quartet Dinosaur Feathers flee from the tropics of their debut, 2009's Fantasy Memorial, and push themselves into a hitherto unexplored and ultimately rewarding new territories. Once tethered to a drum machine, the addition of drummer Nick Brooks provides new-found forcefulness and flexibility; the clean melodic basslines of Ryan Michael Kiley often grow into dynamic leads without abandoning the low end; and where acoustic guitar once engendered laid-back vibes and folk misnomers, the electric guitar of vocalist Greg Sullo now drives with clear tones, a welcome crunch, and occasionally noisy outbursts.
Evolution is, however, only a theory. For all you indie creationists, the Dinosaur Feathers you may have known and/or loved lives on through their sunny melodies, still-infectious grooves, and ever-boisterous harmonies between Sullo, Kiley, and keyboardist Derek Zimmerman. These elements, plus such seemingly disparate influences such as The Soft Boys, The Olivia Tremor Control, XTC, and of course Paul McCartney's Wings, now inform a jazzier/punkier/maybe even poppier melange.
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1. (00:03:01) Dinosaur Feathers - Young Bucks
2. (00:03:13) Dinosaur Feathers - SURPRISE!
3. (00:03:14) Dinosaur Feathers - Boats
4. (00:02:52) Dinosaur Feathers - Certain Times
5. (00:02:41) Dinosaur Feathers - City Living
6. (00:04:15) Dinosaur Feathers - Beatcha
7. (00:03:08) Dinosaur Feathers - Cure for Silence
8. (00:03:05) Dinosaur Feathers - Untrue
9. (00:04:03) Dinosaur Feathers - Pillars
10. (00:01:48) Dinosaur Feathers - Your Move
11. (00:04:43) Dinosaur Feathers - No Man's Gospel
Playing Time.........: 00:36:04
Total Size.............: 260.00 MB (FLAC)
Total Size.............: 84.80 MB (MP3)
Dynamic Range (DR)
Analyzed: Dinosaur Feathers / Whistle Tips
Number of tracks: 11
Codec: FLAC
Official DR value: DR6
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