Delicate Cutters: Some Creatures

Delicate Cutters
Some Creatures
Skybucket Records [2011]









Fire Note Says: Delicate Cutters provide an excellent blend of indie folk that will capture your ear immediately.

Album Review:
Some Creatures is Birmingham, Alabama's Delicate Cutters sophomore record of folk driven music that is lead by the gorgeously haunting vocals of frontwoman Janet Simpson. Regardless of tempo, Simpson's vocals soar, as in the chorus on "Los Angeles" that sticks in your head or on the more upbeat tracks like "Me And The Birds" and "Warm Beer And Sympathy" their sound reminded me of the classy indie pop found on early 10,000 Maniac records. Delicate Cutters separate themselves out from that scene a bit, as their tracks employ the superb and intense fiddle playing of Kevin Nicholson. It is this blend of voice, complex song structures and beautiful accompaniment that makes Some Creatures shine and Delicate Cutters a band that could easily emerge and rise quickly on the NPR scene, which after just one listen through you will know it would be much deserved.

Key Tracks: "Picture Of Health", "Los Angeles", "Warm Beer And Sympathy"

Bands With Similar Fire:
The Civil Wars
10,000 Maniacs
The Head And The Heart

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-Reviewed by Christopher Anthony