Chemical Friends

Nyles Lannon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Badman Records
• ASIN: B0002C9W3W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,149 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great debut, June 18, 2004

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doug (Rocky River, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chemical Friends (Audio CD)

This is a great debut record. I happened to come upon it while in my local record store. I heard it as soon as I walked in and his voice and guitar caught my ear instantly. I heard about 4-5 songs while searching for what I was going to buy that day and then I realized that I definitely had to purchase the record being played.
It is a record full of great songs with a decent amount of variation. Most of the songs are lovely acoustic pieces with beautiful backing FX and it almost sounds like a more accessible Flying Saucer Attack. A few of the songs even move into electronic territory and they are also great. His voice is definitely one of the key factors of the music as he is able to take a song that may seem melodically weak at first and fill it with his rich and wonderful yet hushed voice.
Imagine a laptop Elliott Smith and you have a pretty fair idea of this guys sound. Definitely recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A soundscape of mood shifts, January 12, 2006

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SD - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chemical Friends (Audio CD)

Imagine Iron and Wine meets downbeat indie electronic and here you have the result. Divine!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the musical expression of serotonin, January 23, 2005

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Consulting Realist "consultingrealist" (Oakland, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chemical Friends (Audio CD)

This is a beautiful set of songs. n.lannon does that thing that is common to so much quality artistry: he presents something pure and simple that has obviously been worked and reworked, lovingly, and he makes it seem effortless. But you know that the effort behind such elegant and sophisticated simplicity is considerable. This is a real achievement. And I swear, it changes my brain chemistry for the better.