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| Bbc |
 Fyfe Dangerfield is so obviously the chief creative force behind his band, Guillemots, you wonder what he plans to achieve with a solo foray. Doesn’t he have enough control already? Yet Fly Yellow Moon shows he’s kept something back for himself.This album doesn’t bristle with the sonic daring of Dangerfield’s usual work; instead, it offers love songs, largely unadorned with stylistic quirks or brash arrangements, a document of a life pulling into focus. It takes time out from Guillemots’ passionate rush to have a look around. Mostly recorded in one happy bundle at the end of 2008, Dangerfield’s solo debut gathers together the flotsam of songs thought up in stolen moments around the release and tour of Guillemots’ second album, Red. Where that album paraded the band’s new muscle – hearty pop songs turned into stomping monsters – Fly Yellow Moon takes the quieter route: still love struck, but muted and more austere. That said, opener When You Walk in the Room storms in with fuzzy bashed drums and a screech. Dangerfield’s still the romantic – “I want you endlessly” – he just demonstrates it with vamping Supergrass piano and Tom Waits clanks. It’s a cracker, but hardly sets the tone....full text |
| Yahoo |
| That understated eccentric Fyfe Dangerfield should see fit to foist solo works on us at this early point in his relatively youthful career comes as little surprise; the buoyant gait of his determination in the race for the melodic prize should be clear to anyone who has seen him perform with his band, Guillemots. What is disappointing, if not a complete shock, is the incognito nature of its arrival. This album really should be a big deal, worthy of a bat or two of its tail-feathers at the very least, but it arrives sounding modest and inward-facing, certainly blissfully oblivious to all the highfalutin, beginning-of-year fever preoccupying the music industry at present. Guillemots themselves were at the centre of such hot fuss a mere four years ago, appearing mid-table in the BBC's Sound Of 2006, not that you would know it now. Their steady yet adventurous, trinket-laden indie has delivered two exceedingly well crafted albums, playing subtlety and exaggeration like instruments. But in search of a mainstream breakthrough the eclectic, multi-cultural band were sold short as a quirky Keane-with-passports to a general public who chose to elevate Snow Patrol to playing arenas instead....full text |
| Musicomh |
| As well as having one of the coolest monikers in pop music, Fyfe Dangerfield is also an incredibly busy man. As well as two wonderful, but underrated albums with Guillemots and playing in a jazz band called The Gannets, Dangerfield has also found time to record his first solo album. Happily, this doesn't mean that Guillemots are no more (they're apparently recording their third album at the moment). Instead, Fly Yellow Moon is a collection of understated pop songs that were deemed a bit too conventional for Dangerfield's day job - there's certainly no 13 minute Brazilian sambas on here. Having said that, the music on Fly Yellow Moon isn't too dissimilar to that of Guillemots; all the same elements are here: big, bright pop songs sit side by side with some more introspective folky ballads. You just won't hear typewriters or dustbin lids being used as additional instrumentation, that's all. Opening track When You Walk In The Room makes for the perfect introduction - exploding out of the speakers with such joie dr vivre, it puts quite the spring in your step. Powered along by piano and drums, and the odd ear-splitting Dangerfield scream, it's a marvellously uplifting song, celebrating the redemptive power of love. With lyrics like "I want you endlessly", it may not be particularly original, but Dangerfield puts so much passion into the vocal that you can't help but be swept along....full text |
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