The Burnt Pines
Reviewed by Donald Teplyske
The Burnt Pines comfortably fit at the smoother edge always-increasing Americana big tent. With a harmonic vocal style reminiscent of the late-'60s/early-'70s (think Simon & Garfunkel, Donovan) their music is polished in an understated, mostly-acoustic-sounding way. So very appealing to experienced ears.
"Heavy and Young" falls into the loping rhythm of "Mother and Child Reunion," while the following "Song for Rose" contains the sparse, hollow effect of some of that era's Laurel Canyon productions. An album without filler, listeners may make comparisons to The Pines (no relation), The Lumineers and even Mumford & Sons.