Product Description: The Avett Brothers release The Second Gleam; six new songs offered with the natural lyrical clarity and honest delivery that has become synonymous with their name. With this addition to their growing body of work, Scott and Seth Avett establish a series, while further separating their writing from the modern landscape of music, popular or otherwise. Following in the initial footsteps of the first Gleam recording, this second installment sings to the uncommon senses of the common man. The record walks calmly and powerfully among fragile and hard-learned themes of life and song, passing through loss, change, hope, death, dedication to family, late nights in the hospital, love as always and much more. At once plain and poetic, simple and complicated as those who will give their time to hear it, we find: The Second Gleam.
It is great This album is much quieter than their last, but is just as thoughtful and melodic as ever.
Avett Bros talent shines throughout Second Gleam Fell in love with this group listening to the Emotionalism. This EP is just as good. Murder In The City and Bella Donna are my personal favorites.
The Avett Brothers - The Second Gleam (EP) The Second Gleam (2008, Ramseur) The Avett Brothers' fourth studio EP. **1/2
The Avett Brothers are a definitive college-esque band. Hippie circles love 'em and they've got enough spunk to attact even offended ears, but on The Second Gleam, the energy is lost. That in itself is not the problem. In fact, if anything, it shows maturity. However, the material is just downright dull from start to finish. In fact, only on "The Greatest Sum" do soulful vocals actually appear, as the rest of the EP is dominated with cliche remembrances of love, family, and death. To say it is bad is one thing; awful, certainly not. But what makes it bad is its own laziness, which is a cumulative would-be effort of simple rhythms and lyrics.
Just Listen - Repeatedly I am the Avett Brothers most avid disciple, so you're hearing nothing negative from me. The Second Gleam must be listened to repeatedly, it's like reading the Bible, you get something new from each song with each encounter. There's a finish to this CD that's satisfying in a different way than their first Gleam, and I love it too. It is not the rollicking footloose Avetts like in concert, it's the intropective soulful Avetts. Love them. Love the Second Gleam.
Amazing It seems to be a little more depressing than emotionalism. But these songs come from the heart. A must have for any avett fan.
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