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A Thing Of The Past

~ Vetiver
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  • Audio CD (26 May 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Fat Cat
  • ASIN: B0013F2MGQ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

1. Houses
2. Roll On Babe
3. Sleep A Million Years
4. Hook And Ladder
5. To Baby
6. Road To Ronderlin
7. Lon Chaney
8. Hurry On Sundown
9. Swimming Song
10. Blue Driver
11. Standing
12. I Must Be In A Good Place Now

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Alt-folk troubadours Vetiver's third LP 'A Thing Of The Past' is comprised entirely of cover versions, ranging from thesublime (Townes Van Zandt) to the ridiculous (Hawkwind). Band leader Andy Cabic effectively compiles a definitive list of his band's biggest and most potent influences, some of which are a little surprising. Labelmate and previous collaborator Vashti Bunyan also makes a contribution to the record, as well as friend of the band Michael Hurley. 'A Thing Of The Past', like previous Vetiver records, showcases Cabic's delicate voice and the virtuosity of his increasingly impressive band.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds like hay on a sunny day smells.....in a good way....., 26 Jun 2008
With due respect, the geezer (or lady) on the previous review is a little too busy trying to be all clever and wistful. Forget all the pontificating about the value of a covers record, and just appreciate a) the selection of wonderful and non typical songs chosen b) the amazing and blissful interpretations of them c) the beauty of the vocal (seen live is just as incredible) d) the fact that a band as overwhelmingly fab as this is around to provide music as gloriously listenable as this.
Listen to any of these (faves are Roll On Babe and I Must Be In A Good Place Now), don't over analyse or concern yourself with who wrote them, and thank your own particular stars that Vetiver are with us...and hope the sun shines
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This album is a blissful chilled out joy , 8 Aug 2008
By Richard Vernon (Nottingham, England) - See all my reviews
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I realised that this album was so good when a couple of the tracks made a quiet and unassumming ascent to the top of the 'most played' list on my mp3 player.

This music chills you out and sends your mind drifting - the vocals are blissful.

Every time I get in the car with my 2 year old daughter and her older brothers (6 and 9) I am easily persuaded into repeatedly playing 'The Swimming Song' - so there is something here for everyone!

I saw Vetiver recently in Nottingham at The Bodega Social - there was about 50 in the audience but it was easily the gig of the year.

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8 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Vetiver- Thing of the Past LP Review (6.2/10), 30 April 2008
By experimusicdotcom "experiment with music" (united kingdom) - See all my reviews
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The reason why any genre revivalist succeeds as more than an outdated tribute to an overdone style is because of the unique elements and variations they bring to the table. Let's look at the burgeoning folk scene, for instance. Although more recently dying down, the past five years or so has been honored with spectacular folk-revival albums by artists such as Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom. The former introduced a wildly varied take on organic traditionalist styles, given more modern relevance by his crooning, unruly snarls and hippie ideals. And the latter fuses harp-playing, love-it-or-hate-it childlike-yelps, fantastical poetry and conceptual adventurousness, putting her at the forefront of ground-breaking music today. "Freak Folk" may have become a damning tag, but any artists that can fuse such a rootsy genre with experimental, forward-thinking elements deserve a medal or two.

With so much competition, Vetiver's self titled debut album earned itself three. A weightless journey through a natural yet fantastic terrain, heightened by dramatic strings and beautifully psychedelic textures, Vetiver is an overlooked album that still sounds fresh four years later. Sadly, the band seemed to levitate a little closer to earth for their sophomore effort. Their influences were a little more apparent and the songs themselves hinted at more traditional soft rock and country territory. As a result, To Find Me Gone is a mildly enjoyable yet unessential album that hasn't aged as well.

So now Thing of The Past is here to make the band's influences 100% percent clear, with covers spanning from Garland Jeffreys to Ian Matthews, and Vetiver has become a significantly less interesting band because of it. Admittedly, many of these songs are super obscure, so the criticism of "what's the point?" isn't warranted. And tracks like Norman Greenbaum's "Hook And Ladder", Biff Rose's "To Baby" and Loudon Wainwright's "Swimming Song" contain timelessly catchy and folksy hooks that deserve to re-presented to the general population.

But Vetiver's true strengths shine gloriously on the unconventional tracks. "Roll On Babe" revitalizes Ronnie Lane with a misty weightlessness while "Hurry On Sundown" illuminates the band's love of jamming and classic rock through one of Hawkwind's better known progressive southern ho-downs. They disappointingly remind us that the bulk of the album ditches these exciting elements for pleasant yet forgettable staples, void of dynamics, soul or original flair that would warrant a track to be covered - lifeless renditions of Elyse Weinberg's "Houses", Townes Van Zandt's "Standin" and Michael Hurley's "Blue Driver" for example.

This hit and miss affair is saved at the end by Bobby Charles' "I Must Be In A Good Place Now"; a beautifully hushed and unpretentious gospel tune, which makes the album a step above mediocre and even gratifying enough for a listen or two. But much like Cat Power's Jukebox, Thing of The Past takes it's name too literally, coming off as a dispensable relic from the past, and consequently extinguishing a little bit of the inventive and mystical nature that keeps a voice fresh and distinctive even in orthodox territory. (Aron Fischer)
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