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Reviews: Sferes & White ~ The View From Here
Posted on Saturday, March 04, 2006 @ 09:43:02 PST
Topic: Reviews
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Artist: Sferes and White
CD: The View From Here
Home: Lyons, Colorado
Style: Folk
Quote: "With vocal harmonies that work so well together it sounds almost too good to be true, there is a combination of campfire tunes, driving songs and whiskey-sipping porch music."
By Derek Blackmon
In a world where a rock star like Chris Martin tells us to be environmentally friendly, it would certainly set a good example if he’d record an album using “renewable wind power and printed on recycled paper using non-toxic soy-based ink.” He’s got the money. (Watch out for casting stones!) Sferes & White have done just that and packed it with some damn fine folk music to boot. A genre where even the destitute are thankful for something, The View From Here has a feeling of wide open plains and a billion stars lighting the night.
With vocal harmonies that work so well together it sounds almost too good to be true, there is a combination of campfire tunes, driving songs and whiskey-sipping porch music. “Let Me Down Easy” has a jazzy feel to it, with Jennifer White picking up the smoky-lounge grove imposed by Jimmy Sferes’ guitar.
The bluesy finger picking of “Nomad” shows there is endless depth and influence in acoustic music and nothing beats a song about traveling. “Flapjack City” and “Moon on the Rise” stand as the most original songs and found themselves played more than a few times, and the instrumental “J. Hey” only lacked for the sound of a river flowing past. Maybe if Crosby, Stills & Nash could’ve held it together without the freebasing, they’d still be cranking out ditties like these rather than the occasional “For The Money World Tours” they’ve been so consistent with.
Capturing the sound of Colorado, Sferes & White have managed to delve into the land while at the same time remaining kind enough to keep the cleanup to a minimum. In lieu of naming their kids after fruit and writing stuff on their hands maybe some bands should take it upon themselves to practice what they preach. It’s nice that Chris Martin has a biodegradable recycling bin under his piano, but until his tour bus runs on corn oil he’s polluting the air all the same.
http://www.sferesandwhite.com
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