Band: Frightened Rabbit
Album: The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Sounds Like: A dirty Scottish Coldplay
Essential Tracks: Swim Until You Can't See Land, Living in Colour
DJ Responsible Says:
Admittedly, The Winter of Mixed Drinks is not as brash as The Midnight Organ Fight. It doesn't reach out and grab you by the throat, it simply gnaws at your ankle.
In other words, this one's a grower.
On first listen, I didn't catch the melancholy de-materialism of "Things" ("I don't need these things/I don't need them, oh"), and the rawness of "The Wrestle" ("they tore me limb from limb/there is bone, there is gristle"), recognizing only the immediacy of softie "Swim Until You Can't See" and the epic, should-be-album-closer "Living in Colour." Thankfully, these beautiful hidden moments become more tangible with every listen.
DJ Sub Par Says:
I echo Kevin's major point, this album requires a little bit of time.
In the meantime take a listen to the single (posted below). Frighted Rabbit are at their best when charmingly wishing for destruction. On the first single of their last album, Modern Leper, songwriter Scott Hutchinson makes his emotional crippling a physical one. Yet, on Swim Until You Can't See Land, what immediately struck me as suicidal transformed into something else. The melody bobs along the surface. This act is an act of defiance. It is an act of living. He sings "Call this a drowning of the past"
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