Review: Flook -Haven (or) my wife will hate this
Posted on 2 May 2006 | 5 Comments
Filed Under: Album Reviews, World Music
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My wife will cringe when she reads this. Not because I am writing about some crazy free-form art noise group or even some great metallic hardcore band, no, its much worse than that.
Flook is a instrumental quartet that takes an innovative approach to neo-Celtic/Irish music. I first heard them a month or two ago on NPR (I think) and I’ve been really digging them a lot since then. Flook’s newest album Haven is full of acoustic guitars, bodhran (a type of Irish drum), soaring dual flutes, and other assorted instrumentation that combine to form an amazing collection of rhythmic (almost Afro) Celtic tunes. The two flutes create intense interwoven and totally fucking melodic structures that reamin airy and that don’t ever get boring (yes I felt the f-bomb was totally necessary).
While I am not an expert in Celtic folk music by any means (I’m barely a novice), I have read a number of rave reviews of Haven and it didn’t surprise me at all to learn that Flook was named Best Group at the 2006 BBC Folk Awards. Just trust me. This shit is awesome and you can buy it here.
MP3 | Flook – The Tortoise And The Hare Haven
MP3 | Flook – Souter Creek Haven
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