4.0 out of 5 stars
Very different approach to music turns extraordinary, January 2, 2006
This review is from: People at Large (Audio CD)
I am very new to Amps For Christ but I love 'em. Folkcore is also new to me, but I think if there ever was a band that embodied the aesthetic, it would be AFC.
Most of the music doesn't have vocals, features sitar, ditorted guitar, and world instruments, and is very tradional of Scottish and Indian melodies. In one such case, they completely cover the Scottish tune Auld Lang Syne with distorted guitar (Old Lang Syne/Tube). I loved Freddit the Mockingbird, a song which sounds Oriental in nature to the melody but it adds warped squeaking sounds and other acoustic instrument sounds to fill the void.
They are a somewhat political band (if you see them like that) by including the poem/performance "Gold On Mars." They more or less just like good instrumentals more than anything, IMO. I would definitely pick up this album because it serves as good ambient music with a spice all its own.
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