EP of the Moment: Northern

After having known about Farewell Flight for quite some time now, I have finally gotten around to ordering one of their older eps "Northern." Like so many other bands before, I have made the regretful mistake of not actually listening to most of their music for months after having discovered them. I tend to hear one song by a band, fall in love with it, and then dislike like any other song when it doesn't sound exactly the same. I have no idea where I get this from. Anyways, about six months or so after, I will begin to open up to the other songs which are many times equally as great, and my ears begin to hate me for denying them wonderful music for so long. I'm working on this problem.

Unlike most bands today, I could not order the EP on iTunes or any other similar program. Rather, I was going to receive an actual CD by mail; something I haven't done in years. So now instead of waiting an already torturous three minutes for it to download, I was forced to endure several days for its arrival. By time Wednesday rolled around, my patience was reaching its peak; my ears were desperate for new music. When the mailman finally arrived I snatched the CD out of his hands, sprinted to my computer, and inserted it in as fast as humanly possible. Finally the music began and all the anticipation that had been building up for the past few days was pleasantly released.

The opening song, 'Clear,' instantly reminded me as clash between Death Cab for Cutie, Explosions in the Sky, and Coldplay. Upon listening to the album, I was exposed to carefully arranged pieces with graceful guitar and piano melodies to the calm and steady drum beat. Poetic lyrics about childhood immaturity and true love sang by lead singer Luke Foley's distressed yet crisp voice completed the songs to near perfection.

It is an EP, so there are only five songs on it. However, for those twenty minutes, you are transported to another world- a world of beauty, calmness, and lack of any care in the world. It is an exquisite CD that reminds you how beautiful both music and life can be. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Death Cab or other bands of the like.