Dulc-i-Tone Rec.
The Finches : Human Like A House (US,2007)***'
With Christmas hanging in the air, and with the positive effect of it in mind, it is able to mobilise people towards some songs from this first new album, wrapped perfectly for it, with the right presentation. This is simple delicate comfort-increasing family-friendly music to share with others, to witness honest songs that capture sweetness, charm, a willing happiness and slight melancholy towards the small failures. It is able to touch the heartstrings gently like a harp. Two acoustic guitars accompany with a few chords, strummed or picked or with a country slide. Only a little bit of percussion, glockenspiel or cello (with Alissa Anderson of Vetiver on one song) are added, giving the effect of a slowed down musical box on “Two Ghosts”, or puppet marching drumming on “the house under the hill”. “Human like house” is like the way in which we live inside the house and says something of how we prepare ourselves before meeting others. It is about being conscious of personal care before sharing this with others, and about sweetness and friendliness which is only able to survive if we can fall back on a little bit of comfort-taking.
The album contains a whole booklet, with beautiful conceptual artwork of many graphical prints. Very nice.
