专辑简介

by Ned Raggett

Short for 'feel,' Fe introduced Souled American to the world with what in the end turned out to be their biggest commercial success - and even that was fairly minor in the US indie scene of the time. In terms of quality, though, the quartet were onto something that few bands who followed afterwards - Uncle Tupelo, the Palace Brothers and its innumerable spinoffs, Lambchop, just about the whole No Depression scene of the nineties - could approach. "Notes Campfire," which would provide the title of the sixth Souled American album a decade later, sets the country part of the band's aesthetic in place. There's a deep twang in the guitars and vocals both, but Adducci's stuttering bass suggests something else is afoot, which Fe then proceeded to prove in spades. Whether the deceptively tight r'n'b groove … » Read more