Vetiver - Tight Knit reviews
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| Ew |
 Vetiver frontman Andy Cabic sings like he's half asleep. That's a compliment: His crooning has an absentminded, otherworldly quality that's perfectly lovely. The arrangements on Tight Knit, the band's fourth studio album, are often similarly woozy, starting with the campfire country of opener ''Rolling Sea.'' Just when the tunes are threatening to blur together, though, the band perks up with a sprightly British Invasion bounce or a limber bass groove. At times like those, the music's unexpected twists and turns make you feel like you're the one who's fallen into a pleasant dream. A–...full text |
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| Rollingstones |
| Andy Cabic, mastermind behind San Francisco's Vetiver, made his name collaborating with Devendra Banhart, but his own tunes are less freaky and pure folk. The Virginia-raised songwriter's third album of original material is divided between lolling fingerpicked acoustic stunners like opener "Rolling Sea" and tight pop like the Shins-meets-Spoon blooper "More of This." Horns provide a bit of grit to the slow-rolling boogie of "Another Reason to Go," and a light synth pulse underscores "On the Other Side," which boasts some truly laid-back lyrics: "No pressure, not a worry, I do what comes naturally." He could just be the thinking man's Jack Johnson: Cabic's clean playing and Cali vibe are pure mellow. This is, after all, a guy who named his band after a type of grass....full text |
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| Spin |
| Vetiver's music sounds like it was written in midday sunshine, yet longs for a dark bedroom in the dead of night. Andy Cabic's balmy folk songs pull from pert shades of doo-wop ("Everyday") and Latin syncopation ("Strictly Rule"). But his whispery voice can take on a Donovan-like sultriness, making a song such as "Sister" far sexier than a song named "Sister" should be. Maybe Cabic has taken a cue from former Vetiver collaborator and babe magnet Devendra Banhart: Being laid-back ain't that far from laying right down....full text |
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