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Originally Posted by 4ZZZ
I still don't buy it though. I do not think that Gulag Orkestar is anything like NMH. I get a bit frustrated at the music press to be honest. A nice new sound appears and they try and down grade it by pompous comparisons. I look forward the day when these hacks get a life and enjoy music for the sake of listening to it and not trying to have Freudian analysis of an aesthetic value.
Have you heard A Hawk and A Hacksaw? Might just be right up your alley.
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I agree entirely, my only point is that I can see where they are coming from. And I have heard of them, i have a few of their albums actually. they take that whole balkan/ eastern european orchestra idea to an extreme but do it really well. i got into them when i was going through my whole, "find any and all music that came out of Neutral Milk Hotel and/ or the Elephant Six collective." though, i am still going through that lol. i've been really into Julian Koster's The Music Tapes, great ****.
but to get back on topic, Beirut is awesome.