Forest Fire is just one of the ass kicking bands coming out of Brooklyn these days. Seriously, Brooklyn is the new Scotland, which was the new Montreal, which was the new Austin, etc... Survival is their debut album on Catbird records, it is freaking cool. The kind of album you play on purpose when people come over, just to have them ask you "who is this?" You reply: "oh,...(asume pretentious stance) it's Forest Fire, they're from Brooklyn" (make sure to sound as matter of factly as possible).
The album was recorded over an 8 month period on both coasts with a rotating cast of players. Which perfectly matches the feel on the album. It's what an album should sound like if you had a bunch of musician friends and you just got together at random, with no agenda, pressed record and jammed. The album was previously available as a free download from their website, a la In Rainbows. That window has past, but you can still stream the whole album for free at: http://www.catbirdrecords.com/forestfire/ . Start with the two first songs, sounds intuitive, I know. They are the best on the album in my opinion, especially Fortune Teller. With lyrics like: "my aurah's yellow like a coward" and "I'm gonna melt some faces with gatling gun social skills" you can't go wrong. The song also features simple downstroke only guitar chords, which I'm a sucker for. Here's a video for your viewing pleasure, but please LISTEN TO THE SONG FIRST, AT THE LINK ABOVE. It makes the video easier to swallow. Forest Fire...it's what you need.
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