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The Innocence
Mission – Birds of My Neighbourhood
By Andrew Dolton
It’s currently 2006 and this album
originally came out in 1999. Even if you
take into consideration differing levels of
interest on either side of the Atlantic it
seems very strange. Add into the equation
that original copies are changing hands for
$60+ on Ebay and it becomes more of a
curious matter. One thing that might explain
the release is the current popularity of one
of their biggest fans, namely Sufjan
Stevens. Much like his music this is lovely,
fragile folk music par excellence. A song as
beautiful as ‘The Lakes of Canada’ is a case
in point. There is no need to overfill and
make songs all big and bombastic. Here is
lyrical genius to use words sparingly to get
the idea across accompanying thought
inducing melodies from the strum of the
acoustic guitar. Just lovely.
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