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Five Roses [Digipak]
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Album: Five Roses [Digipak]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Whirrs
2)    Have You Seen in Your Dreams
3)    Next Train
4)    Maybe Lately
5)    Beach Baby
6)    Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart
7)    Little Trees
8)    Poetaster
9)    Five Roses
10)    Blasphemy
11)    Fortune
12)    This Thing About You
 

Album: Five Roses [Digipak]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Whirrs
2)    Have You Seen in Your Dreams
3)    Next Train
4)    Maybe Lately
5)    Beach Baby
6)    Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart
7)    Little Trees
8)    Poetaster
9)    Five Roses
10)    Blasphemy
11)    Fortune
12)    This Thing About You
 
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  • Audio Mixer: Graham Van Pelt.
  • Recording information: Friendship Cove.
  • A couple things come to mind upon hearing the first few tracks of Five Roses. The first is that it sounds a lot like Yo La Tengo; there's a lot of ringing guitar work and throbbing bass going on, especially on tracks like "Whirrs" and "Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart." The second is that sounds a whole lot like the Beach Boys; it's bouncy and musically ambitious, full of soaring vocal harmonies and echoing snares. Now, this isn't to say that Graham Van Pelt (the man behind Miracle Fortress) is an outright copycat, or that Five Roses suffers under the weight of its influences. On the contrary, the album wears them beautifully; not only that, but it makes for one of 2007's more memorable and original indie pop debuts. Van Pelt is a one-man-band in the spirit of Brian Wilson, and his strength lies in his restraint. Unlike some indie multi-instrumentalists (Sufjan Stevens comes to mind) he doesn't shock and awe the listener with sheer orchestral might; this album soars, but it does so gently. The sonic palette consists of luminous synths, heartbeat-steady basslines (think Yo La Tengo's I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One), Van Pelt's angelic vocals, and swath upon swath of reverb. The lyrics are heartbreakingly simple and they're almost invariably about love, but Five Roses is by no means a saccharine album. Maybe it's because Van Pelt is a genuine guy, or maybe it's just because he's a good songwriter; whatever the case may be, it isn't everyday one comes across an honest, and honestly surprising, set of love songs such as this. ~ Margaret Reges
Professional Reviews
Spin (p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[F]ull of Beach Boys bliss, FIVE ROSES distills euphoria into a pastel wall of sound."

Uncut (p.87) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hen the melodies surface, Van Pelt takes his influences to another level."

Magnet (p.90) - "FIVE ROSES is full of shimmering, sparkling details, and Van Pelt manages to refract the past while dazzling in the present."
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