I confess: I picked up this album months and months ago because I thought
one of the guys in the band was cute. The good news is that the music
holds up just fine after the crush wears off. More than just fine. This
album is amazing, indie rock as it should be played, clever in its
references and still fresh. I guarantee you'll be hooked from the very
first stomps and claps of "Do You Know Who You Are?" or I'll eat my
hat. Joanna Newsom's wonderful voice joins Adam Kline's on the folksy
"The Honey, The Power, The Light", and the similarly ballad-like
"Goodbye Hummingbird" gets me in the chest every time. Now I really
really really need to catch them live, so I can sing along to everything
like a total groupie.
The sound of sainthood knocking
was so drowned out by your talking
one of many things to do
—"Do You Know Who You Are?"
The honey, the power, the light they all blind me
leave no stone unturned, you'll still never find me
The rock that I hide in will never crack open
But sharpen your chisel if you think I'm joking
I cannot be swayed and I will not be quiet
Tell the fat cats and bigwigs to go on a diet
—"The Honey, The Power, The Light"
I've been around and I've seen some girls
But I've never seen a girl like you
Time moves strangely and slow sometimes
Now you're gone, I've nothing to do
—"Goodbye Hummingbird"
| 
Heidi J. De Vries
