The Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone: The Robbinsville Sessions - Music & Performance - CD

FOUR THIEVES GONE BAD: THE ROBBINSVILLE SESSIONS is the latest from growing indie rock phenomenon the Avett Brothers. The band's third studio album captures their frenetic energy, showcasing the love of a million different songs and the innate inclination to hear them all at once.

The first two cuts on the Avett Brothers' Four Thieves Gone, "Talk of Indolence" and "Pretty Girl from Feltre," reveal that the brothers' style of folk (with lots of other stuff thrown into the mix) is intriguingly left of center. And while some listeners may be somewhat tired of depressed college types who sing, "Be loud, let your colors show...try to keep the madness low" in a nasal drone, they're probably not used to hearing the singer backed by kitchen-sink arrangements that include piano, harmonica, and shouting that stands in for background singing. On "Distraction #74" the band verves in an entirely different direction, doing its best impression of the basement-era Band, updated for the post-millennium. As the album moves on to tracks like "Sixteen in July," "Left on Laura, Left on Lisa," and "A Lover Like You," the Avett Brothers -- Scott Avett, Seth Avett, and Bob Crawford -- continue to make good music, but these songs lack the raw energy of the first four tracks. Things pick up again on the jumpy "Matrimony," and "Pretend Love" has a lovely, gentle feel about it, but the songs, though quite good, fail to match the intensity of the openers. One feels, in the end, that Four Thieves Gone, at nearly 74 minutes, is just too darn long. Nonetheless, the Avett Brothers' style is much fresher and more fun than the average folk or alternative country group's, and is well worth checking out for those tired of the same old, same old. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., Rovi

Performer	The Avett Brothers
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	CD - INDIE ROCK/POP
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2006
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Avett Brothers - Four Thieves Gone-Robbinsville Sessions [CD]
Track listing	Talk on Indolence, Pretty Girl from Feltre, Colorshow, Distraction #74, Sixteen in July, Left on Laura, Left on Lisa, A Lover Like You, Pretend Love, Matrimony, The Lowering (A Sad Day in Greenvilletown), The Fall, Dancing Daze, Famous Flower of Manhattan, 40 East, Gimmeakiss, Denouncing November Blue (Uneasy Writer), Four Thieves Gone
Record label	Ramseur Rec.
Track name	Talk on Indolence, Pretty Girl from Feltre, Colorshow, Distraction #74, Sixteen in July, Left on Laura, Left on Lisa, A Lover Like You, Pretend Love, Matrimony, The Lowering (A Sad Day in Greenville Town), The Fall, Dancing Daze, Famous Flower of Manhattan, 40 East, Gimmeakiss, Denouncing November Blue (Uneasy Writer), Four Thieves Gone, Honeycutt, Pretty Girl From Rowan County, The Bloody Apology, The Strangest Thing, The Worst Thing, Honey Can I Count on You
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N