Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Blue Trees
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Track List: Blue Trees
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- The Blue TreesDownload & Buy
- This Summer's Been Good From The StartDownload & Buy
- Lady FairDownload & Buy
- Foot And Mouth '68Download & Buy
- Wrong TurningsDownload & Buy
- Fresher Than The Sweetness In WaterDownload & Buy
- Face Like SummerDownload & Buy
- Sbia Ar Y SerenDownload & Buy
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Album Details: Blue Trees
- Release Date:
- 02/20/2001
- Label:
- Beggars Banquet
- UPC:
- 609008102329
User Reviews: Blue Trees
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Great Gorky's effort
, November 11, 2001Reviewer: cillero2000 - See all cillero2000's reviewsAfter their formal guitarrist John Lawrence left the band, GZM recorded as four piece band this great album that contains eight songs of incredibly acoustic intensity. A Great effort before their following album. Buy it! -
Mellow Welsh Pop
, August 13, 2001Reviewer: Brad S - See all Brad S's reviewsTake a look at what great music the tiny country of Wales (that little stomach connnected to Great Britian - for all the geographically challenged) you have Stereophonic, Catatonia, and the grandfathers if you will, Super Furry Animals. Well, if SFA are the rockers, Gorky's are the songwriters.
Whereas SFA write great pop rock songs, GZM just write great songs. The melodies are a kin to Beta Band-esque harmony, and the soft sounds are a great soundtrack to a cool summer afternoon on the lake.
Not however an answer to fans of the other Welsh bands, GZM is more for the "Singer-songwriter" fans of say, Rufus Wainwright, Morrissey, Jude, or Joni Mitchell not recommended if you only like guitar-rock of say Blur, Radiohead, and Oasis ...
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Pro Reviews: Blue Trees
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews The Blue Trees shows Gorky's Zygotic Mynci taking a giant leap toward maturity. Having started out like their Welsh peers Super Furry Animals as neo-psychedelic, rambunctious jangle pop merchants, the band here takes a folk turn toward elegiac tunes praising the four seasons and nature. With subtle, rolling guitars, sometimes sounding as if they're being played by Leo Kottke himself, the band mines a similar territory as Badly Drawn Boy's The Hour of Bewilderbeast. But The Blue Trees doesn't strive toward pop sensibilities or languish in tired instrumentals like Bewilderbeast. Sure, these eight songs are appropriately memorable and melodic and there are more than a few instrumentals, but all of the songs take on a quiet, contemplative air. There's simply not a drop of pretension to be found, as if every acoustic instrument is covered in a subtle dew. Perhaps things slow down too much on "Foot and Mouth," but the track would be worthy of inclusion on the score to any film with introspective scenes. "Wrong Turnings" seems infused with the spirit of Nick Drake; it paints a serene picture of rural bliss. The band picks up the pace on "Fresher Than the Sweetness in Water," while maintaining the grace of earlier tracks with the addition of what sounds like a mandolin and a violin (or fiddle). The Blue Trees is quite an accomplishment; it's a continuation of the maturity and grace found on Spanish Dance Troupe. Anyone who's written off Gorky's Zygotic Mynci might want to give this new-look band a second chance. The slow-burning songs of The Blue Trees are delicately serene and of a charmed beauty. - Tim DiGravina, All Music Guide |
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Sounding like a bizarrely sweet and whimsical cross between progressive rock, psychedelia, and pure pop, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were one of the most original and distinctive bands to emerge from the vital post-Brit-pop Welsh scene of the mid-'90s. Gor...Full Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Biography
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