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NORFOLK & WESTERN - Unsung Colony
| Popmatters | | Strange, but the first thing that comes to mind to praise about Portland, Oregon indie folk ensemble Norfolk & Western’s second album of the year (we’re talking 2006 here) is the sequencing. The sequencing? Yep. Structurally, The Unsung Colony is damn fine, near perfect, each elegant orchestrated folk-pop song given greater resonance by its placement in the album’s waxing and waning—even the not-as-good ones, and they’re all at least pretty good....full text |
| | Treble | | With a drawling yet propulsive first lunge into one's ears, Norfolk & Western's "The Longest Stare" is immediately invigorating. The lackadaisical psychedelic swoon of its curves and contours could be seen as old hat, but it thankfully has enough stately beauty to be considered among the best examples of their own psych-gypsy-folk genre, though I can't name any other psych-gypsy-folk artists....full text |
| | PitchFork | | The fourth long-player by Portland, Ore., indie-folk group Norfolk & Western begins and ends with the sound of a rickety projector whirring through film, a cue that we're supposed to hear these songs in cinematic terms. Instead of Mercury Rev-style orchestral swells or the theatrical productions staged by the Decemberists, The Unsung Colony contains intimate scenes writ in miniature, small moments occasionally building up to big emotions or simply fading away....full text |
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