{"id":4347,"date":"2009-03-11T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T14:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=852"},"modified":"2009-03-11T09:57:07","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T14:57:07","slug":"reviews-adam-arcuragi-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-adam-arcuragi-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews – Adam Arcuragi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Brian McMurray
\n<\/a><\/em>Source: Harmonium
\n<\/a><\/em>Link to this article<\/a><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason some artists are dubbed with the title of singer\/songwriter. Let\u2019s face it, there are a lot of musicians that both sing and write their own music, but not all of them are considered singer\/songwriters. It\u2019s no surprise that most singer\/songwriters use little more than some acoustic guitar and their natural talent. That\u2019s really all they need. Singer\/songwriters are artists who are incredibly gifted on both accounts, and Adam Arcuragi is one of these artists.<\/p>\n

The interesting thing about Arcuragi\u2019s self-titled debut is that these facets of his talent seem to be showcased on different songs. Take the opening track \u201cAll the Bells\u201d for instance. The songwriting here is as good as on any other track, but Arcuragi\u2019s slightly gritty rasp combined with the mid-tempo melody obscures the solid songwriting. The listener finds themselves paying more attention to the music than the lyrics, perhaps rightfully so.<\/p>\n

Recorded as almost an afterthought, \u201c1981\u201d is more of the same. Arcuragi has admitted his voice was a little shot at the time he recorded the track, but it gives the song some extra personality as he belts \u201cBetween you and me \/ I\u2019ll be singing through my teeth \/ And smiling as I go \/ And the words may all be wrong \/ But I still sing every song \/ my last breath will lay low.\u201d Still, I found myself tapping to the beat rather than singing along with the excellent lyrics.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the spectrum, tracks like the aptly-titled \u201cDelicate\u201d and \u201cPart of the Sky\u201d are considerably slower, and Arcuragi\u2019s voice loses its grit, thus it is much easier to fully digest the lyrics present. \u201cDelicate\u201d swoons along beautifully as Eve Miller (Matt Pond PA), Mike Kennedy (Audible, Mazarin, Lefty\u2019s Deceiver), and Peter Wonsowski add some cello, guitar, and singing saw respectively. \u201cPart of the Sky\u201d is just Arcuragi, an acoustic guitar, and some songwriting that\u2019s impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a song about death, but it\u2019s an accepted view of death. Maybe even a hopeful one as many of the lyrics such as \u201cThe part of the sky where the sun \/ Comes up is where someday \/ I will eventually to by \/ But please celebrate don\u2019t be sad \/ Cause I will meet you there \/ And like the locusts we can sing until we die\u201d indicate.<\/p>\n

When the album does add extra instrumentation, it\u2019s added in just the right places, as with the aforementioned \u201cDelicate\u201d or the slick Wurlitzer on \u201cLittle Yellow Boat\u201d. What results is a self-titled debut that\u2019s personal and beautiful. It\u2019s hard to deny Arcuragi\u2019s talent, and his debut has christened the birth of another amazing singer\/songwriter for us to drown our tears in.<\/p>\n

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