Flashbulb Fires-Gasconader CD Review
by Michael Amidei
Let’s be honest. Flashbulb Fires is undeniably an indie group, and they encompass much of what that genre entails, including the clichés. But they wear it well. They are also sharp enough to know that they have to evolve to stay interesting.
Broad and expansive, the dramatic and epic nature of the arrangements is this collection’s strong point. The lush ambiance is reminiscent of Explosions In The Sky and Dave Preston, yet it also serves the purpose of making each song sound infinitely more profound than it might actually be. In fact, a listen to Gasconader leaves you feeling like you are hearing something of profound importance, but that you just can’t understand what it is.
But that’s what has always made good indie music great. Not the songs, not the specifics, but the sound and the feeling that it evokes. In that way, Flashbulb Fires is playing Andy Warhol and using the “indie” label as the Campbell’s Soup can. Indie fans will like it because it’s good and it sounds indie. Music fans will feel it deeply, because that’s what we do with expansive and epic sounding arrangements.
The album is quirky and beautiful because it was planned that way. For that, there are many who will like it. But Flashbulb Fires has yet to write their classic.
Category: A-Sides
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