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Maybe it's just me

Filmore Mescalito Holmes | tinymixtapes.com | 03/08/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Four Tet? Is this another freak occurrence of Domino discovering Four Tet quality genius? No, definitely not, not even close. So the reviews misled me again. Damn you'se! Anyway, this here is a mellow, smoothly produced, largely acoustic driven mash of world music influences, Nick Drake, and ... well, probably Coldplay. Thankfully Homesongs never approaches the realm of pretentiousness that is Chris Martin's home but it does buzz by boredom on many occasions. The album as a whole doesn't go too far and, unless you're intent on paying direct attention to it, you might space out and miss good size chunks of it staring at the wall.



There are redeeming qualities to it though, I'm sure, but damned if I can think of 'em right now ... it doesn't suck? Does that count? Uh ... the lyrics are fairly decent and if you are in the mood for loner chill-out filler this should be your forte. But if you're planning on blazing a joint with some mates even Air's Talkie Walkie would be a better choice as half your buddies will pass out by track three. But if you have exhausted Nick Drake's later work and Elliott Smith's Heatmizer stuff then Adem's your man. This is a prime example of what happens when simple songs become congested and overworked. There's often too much going on for what the songs need and the heart of the song gets lost in production. Then again, maybe it's just me. I have been wrong before. Give it a try and see."