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I’m sure I’m also speaking for the band when I give a huge thanks to La Blogotheque for choosing Forest Fire’s Survival as the Top Album of 2008 (above even Fleet Foxes, woohoo!)
Here’s my loose (i.e. poor) translation of Le Blogotheque’s éloge en français:
[Survival is] [a] rare album, released on a blog label, available only on the internet, that can be downloaded for free or for just a few dollars. An album that you can not find in a store, that hasn’t been criticized by Pitchfork, Mojo, or Inrocks, and that has had no advertising or publicity. An album that was intended to be forgotten at the end of the year. All the more reason to place this album at the top of the top.
It is an excellent album, and the one I listened to most this year. Raw, powerful songs, alternately nervous and hypnotic, like a drug-hazy stroll through the history of song.
I repeat today what I said 6 months ago: download Survival and you’ve made the best acquisition of the year.
Yes, the limited-edition CD (both “Giant-Size” and regular) is long sold-out, but as mentioned, you can still download the entire album, and I strongly urge you to do so.
::: Forest Fire – “Fortune Teller” :::
::: Forest Fire – “I Make Windows” :::
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January 5th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
hooray! this one is an enjoyable album. i think i first downloaded it sometime in the fall. then for whatever reason i didn’t get around to listening to it until sometime in late november or in december when everyone was making year end lists and i started listening to all of my 2008 music to see what still stood out to me, and then this gem popped up where i didn’t even know it was. highly enjoyable so i paypalled this guy some money because it’s just so good and the CD was sold out.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Wow, that’s some honor, Blogotheque is great.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Forest Fire must be as surprised as we are. It’s a real left hook.
I wrote about and enjoyed the album, but it didn’t end up being one of my favs. However, I am looking forward to anything else the band puts out.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Bien vrai que Survival est un album sublime…Tout comme cette délicieuse Blogothèque d’ailleurs!
January 6th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Yep.
“Slow Motion” is my hands-down, waaaaay above all others song of the year.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Man the whole Catbird fam is gonna get rich now. Way to go FF! Daddy needs a new pair of shoes. (It’s true, I do!)
Hi from Vietnam
January 14th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I’m so proud of Mark! He’s been working towards this for the past 10 years; it’s about time his work is recognized.
-A Proud Sister
January 15th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
MARK We new you were special the day you were born. Great job, we know you have worked so hard over the years. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BAND Proud grandparents!
Happy and Humma
July 15th, 2009 at 10:20 am
[...] It was right about this time last year that Catbird Records put out Forest Fire’s first long-player, Survival, (following up on their debut EP of the year prior). It was a masterful album that earned a lot of accolades (including a surprising “Album of the Year” nod from Le Blogotheque). [...]
May 25th, 2010 at 7:03 am
[...] Forest Fire aus Brooklyn, deren Debüt „Survival“ (Catbird Records) einst zum Album des Jahres bei Le Blogotheque gewählt [...]
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