I and Love and You

Rolling Stone (p.81) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "I AND LOVE AND YOU is packed with complex, piano-based beauties." Spin (p.90) - "The have always evoked the Band's MUSIC FROM BIG PINK, but this album's epic sweep and dramatic lyrical imagery enlarges that influence to the scale of arena-rock sing-alongs." Spin (p.29) - Ranked #33 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2009" -- "I AND LOVE AND YOU is a sublime, down-yonder sing-along in a minor key." Uncut (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The production] has proved transformative, turning a rambunctious bluegrass-inflected group into something more dramatic." Billboard (p.84) - "[T]he song 'Heart Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise' is a swelling epic with a title to match..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.93) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]early every song comes steeped in acoustic piano while the vocals are pitched to eke out every last chunk of substance from well-honed lyrics..." Paste (magazine) (p.52) - "The Avett Brothers are experts in mining the heart and soul of the modern American man....They've constructed something beautiful..."

セス&スコット兄弟を中心とするノースキャロライナの4人組が結成10年目にしてメジャーと契約し、リック・ルービン監督のもと新作を完成させた。油絵タッチの不気味なジャケに反して、バンジョーやチェロの音色がよく伸びるヴォーカルと共にゆったりと揺れる、穏やかなフォーク・ロック作品に仕上がっている。古き良きアメリカーナ音楽を我流に追及してみせた、〈現代のザ・バンド〉と呼ぶに相応しい存在感だ。
bounce (C)山西絵美