Good, humble boys with song titles like "Kickin' da Leaves", with two different songs that repeat "we don't have any money", with back to back songs that talk about how they're scared. Humble music for people who think the Decemberists are too literary, who think Mumford got too big.
And it won't take long to hear every single Mumford trick (bursts of banjos, swells of vocal harmony, doe-eyed wonder), plus every single Decemberists trick (reedy singing, indie acoustics, doe-eyed wonder). They reach for the stars with every climax, but sand off any angle that's remotely interesting or the least bit inaccessible.
They're probably very nice kids, but the music is derivative and generic to the point of embarrassment 2/5
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