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Fink - Distance And Time
| Musicomh | | Sooner or later there will be an acoustic-guitar toting troubadour for every man, woman and child in the known universe. Or so it would seem. Everyone will be able to beckon the modern day equivalent of their own personal court minstrel to entertain them with wistful tales of woe and wooing. For there is now a veritable carpet of strummers sprouting: Morrisons, Nutinis, Johnsons, Blunts and more besides. Before you know it there will be a national epidemic where a cull shall be proclaimed to safeguard the public's health....full text |
| | New-noise | | If Jack Johnson’s a little too cutesy for you, Jose Gonzalez a bit quiet and David Gray a bit boring, give Fink a go. This second album of his is in the realm of the above performers (leaning towards Gonzalez really) but is just interesting enough to transcend a ‘music for mums’ vibe. This kind of singer/songwriter guitar music is so ubiquitous – just turn up at an open mic night if you don’t believe us – that when someone actually does it well it deserves to be noticed....full text |
| | Manchestereveningnews | FINK'S thing is to set up mesmeric cycles of guitar-picking to which equally mesmeric rhythms can be hitched before deploying sleepy-voiced lyrics. It's chill-out bordering on bedtime music.
Comparisons with Jose Gonzalez are unavoidable. This album is produced by Andy Barlow, of Lamb fame, and you would think its unassuming mood would not win Fink household name status, yet one track, This Is The Thing, has already featured in a Mastercard TV ad, so it may already have wormed into way into your affections....full text |
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