Hello, Dear Wind

Don't spoil for me my mystery...

     

I found out about Page France not too long ago, and Hello, Dear Wind is my favorite album from them thus far. It's far from a perfect album, but it's still better than the stuff on the radio at the moment. It is a shame that they broke up.
Page France is recommended for you if you like acoustic guitars at the fore, but with folk influences and an awesome glockenspiel.

A lot of these things may be nit-picky, but I think that there are some things that they could have ironed out. For example, a (petty grievance) is the one-word songs, it kind of over simplifies the album. Next are the lyrical overlaps, such as "happy endings" or "hearts of gold". Again, petty stuff. They could have stood to make some of their songs a bit more complex. Some of the allusions and metaphors could have had more depth too.

Now to the stuff that I really liked. The lead singer, Michael Nau, may have a slight drone, but there is a tinge of innocence to his voice and fits the persona of Page France perfectly. The glockenspiel adds melody to the song and fills the sound. The acoustic guitar plays wonderful chords and rhythms. They have a pure sound, and it's very refreshing. They don't really have choruses, put they like to repeat a line or verse towards the end of a song, which adds more power and meaning to the song. Overall, the simplicity of the songs shadow the album's small flaws, and it will be on my repeat playlist for a while.

Recommended Tracks: Chariot, Jesus, Dogs, Junkyard, Glue, Feather.