Great to hear everyone's varying opinions so far. That to me is what makes music and art so beautiful and interesting. As far as Nickel Creek, I became a fan after hearing "The Smoothie Song" on WXRT in Chicago a few years back. Bought the cd then the sacd. I've also recently become a fan of Conor Oberst and Bright Eyes. "It's Morning, I'm Wide Awake" has some interesting songwriting as well as being very well produced. Anyhow...
A musical "heads up" to any and all...
I just picked up the new Nickel Creek cd titled "Why Should The Fire Die?" and it's outstanding. Good intelligent songwriting, excellent musicianship and great sonically as well. Highlight tracks for me are #4 "Scotch and Chocolate", #5 "Can't Complain" and #13 "Helena". I don't think you'll be dissapointed. Just so you know, my musical tastes vary from Miles Davis/Stan Getz/U2/Smiths/Dire Straits to John Mellencamp/Dave Matthews/Beatles/Nirvana and the previous threads mentioned Bob Mould. As always YMMV.
Happy Listening,
Tim
Happy Listening,
Tim