Folklore
Carpenter's Falls EP
Independent Release
originally published December 13, 2006
Golly, why doesn’t everyone who’s in a smallish local pop band only release EPs? Why doesn’t everyone who’s in any kind of band, big or small, make a habit of it? The EP is a wonderful thing, five to eight songs long, resolutely too short for even the most ADHD listener to get fed up. You know how ice cream often tastes better on the tiny pink sample spoons? That’s the EP, and just like the little spoons, it has the effect of leaving you wanting more.
Folklore’s teaser in anticipation of the upcoming album The Ghost of H.W. Beaverman does exactly that, while also existing in a separate sphere. That is, there’s some kind of narrative behind the upcoming album's lyrics, and there’s also some kind of story to the EP; songwriter Jimmy Hughes, also Elf Power's guitar player, can probably tell you what it is better than I can, but you don’t need to have a Master's in English to tune into the bell-accented woodsy warmth of the songs.
Live, Folklore manages to cram an impressive amount of sounds into a performance, but the recorded medium is even more accommodating of that desire. Electronic squeals are followed by a voice humming in each ear, ticky drums with ringing acoustic guitar, and so on. I’m a sucker for the log cabin coziness of “The Correction” over any of the other songs, but it all bodes well for the full-length album.
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