Talahomi Way
The High Llamas
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Berry Adams | The High Llamas | 4:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Wander, Jack Wander | The High Llamas | 3:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Take My Hand | The High Llamas | 2:34 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Woven and Rolled | The High Llamas | 3:08 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Ring of Gold | The High Llamas | 4:11 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Talahomi Way | The High Llamas | 3:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Fly Baby, Fly | The High Llamas | 3:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Angel Connector | The High Llamas | 1:00 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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To the Abbey | The High Llamas | 3:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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A Rock In May | The High Llamas | 3:20 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Crazy Connector | The High Llamas | 0:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Calling Up, Ringing Down | The High Llamas | 3:43 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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iTunes Review
As anyone who has followed the career of Sean O’Hagan can tell you, he lives to find the subtle spaces in the music to pour in his love for the Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks and Burt Bacharach. Talahomi Way is O’Hagan’s easy listening album. It features bossa nova beats, airy woodwinds and strings that evoke Nelson Riddle as much as anything by Parks. The album is a beaut. If anyone has a right to the music of the Mad Men era, it’s a careful scholar like O’Hagan, who with Microdisney, Stereolab and the High Llamas has explored this terrain with authority. “Woven and Rolled” has a horn section adding brightness to this mix of acoustic guitars, strings and halting beats. “The Ring of Gold” strolls past with a spring breeze that reminds one of the glories of stereophonic recordings. There’s a slight rockabilly twinkle to the light and fluffy “A Rock In May.” The album is packed with retro-surprises. But it suffers not from a nostalgic eye. O’Hagan is merely exploring a genre that has yet to be exhausted.
Customer Reviews
Another Amazing Album from O
I downloaded this album from iTunes the day it was released a couple of weeks back, and I wanted to give it some time before I wrote something on Talahomi Way. I expect a lot from Sean O'Hagan, and he does not disappoint. The songs feel like each one belongs on this album, but each one is unique, which is more than the vast majority of musicians can claim these days. Who else but O'Hagan can incoprorate a flute, banjo and organ (among other instruments, including his excellent voice, which provides a certain tension in the music) and create such beautiful, yet catchy, music? Fans of the Llamas will recognize the nautical and tropical references that have been common in recent albums. His lyrics, as usual, almost always leave me clueless as to their meaning, which is mildly annoying insofar as I really want to know what the songs' lyrics mean and why he wrote them. Then again, it's probably none of my business.
Two other points: Firstly, I recommend listening to this and all Llamas albums with and without headphones. Headphones provide a depth of musical intricateness and texture that is easily missed without them. O'Hagan and his crew obviously know how to play music, and it is a real treat to hear some of the finer points in their playing. Secondly, if you are new to the High Llamas, this is as good an album as any to begin what will be an amazing listening experience. In fact, I would argue that it is the ideal way for a newbie to listen to the Llamas, which is contrary to what I would recommend for just about any other artist.
It's been a while since we've heard from the High Llamas. Talahomi Way has made the wait more than worth it.
Sh!t is real
wow mom,this recording is so chill i could do my homework to it at the beach.So please download this one for the chilluns. for real though i'm on vacation right now when i'm hearing this sh!t. can't slip. Yea Dave,i like to imagine surfing in a tuxedo from my couch with this on.Sets you straight. alright chris, you win, by a landslide. this album also wins the coveted lanky award for best vacation album. No,for real ya'll im buying this for my friend (he's sponsored) with my birthday money,so should you!
Spoon This Album
DAMMIT! There’s so much good music coming out right now! I just appreciate the time taken to place these violins and tinny little synths to make me chill so hard I fall through the bottom of the couch this weekend. Don’t sleep on this. Buy it, put it on, and maybe take the greatest nap you’ve ever taken or wake up feeling smarter and take one more step towards only talking about the things you like this year. This is the medicine.
Biography
Formed: 1991 in London, England
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By The High Llamas
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The Old Spring Town | Can Cladders | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Winter's Day | Can Cladders | 4:49 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Honeytrop | Can Cladders | 3:40 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Rollin' | Can Cladders | 3:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Nomads | Retrospective Rarities & Instrumentals | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Clarion Union Hall | Can Cladders | 4:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dorothy Ashby | Can Cladders | 3:04 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Talahomi Way | Talahomi Way | 3:31 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Literature Is Fluff | Retrospective Rarities & Instrumentals | 4:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Berry Adams | Talahomi Way | 4:09 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
- $9.99
- Genres: Pop, Music, Pop/Rock, Rock, Adult Alternative, Electronic, Alternative
- Released: Apr 19, 2011
- ℗ 2011 Drag City
