{"id":27069,"date":"2024-02-21T05:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=27069"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:27:41","slug":"album-review-def-fo-eternity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/21\/album-review-def-fo-eternity\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: def.fo &#8212; Eternity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27070\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deffo_eternity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deffo_eternity.jpg 350w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deffo_eternity-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/deffo_eternity-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>Shimmering modern psychedelia with a tuneful foundation is at the core of <em>Eternity<\/em>, the new album from def.fo aka Tom Powell. His liquid, phase-shifted guitars and laid-back vocals are part of the hypnotic mix that characterizes the album. There\u2019s nothing about the album that fixes it as belonging to a specific time period; one moment it feels \u201860s psych; the next (as on \u201cCircles\u201d) there\u2019s a kind of trip-hop character. The music is friendly and inviting, and if you let it, the vibe will draw you into its world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlay it Cool\u201d combines shoegaze and pop into something that should please fans of both. \u201cDreamers\u201d is an unexpected left turn, with banjos and glockenspiel. Once the initial shock subsides, somehow it works. \u201cAutumn Leaves\u201d (<em>not<\/em> the Great American Songbook classic) is a breezy, catchy tune; bits of fiddle double down on its melodic loveliness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGodly\u201d is all throbbing guitar and \u2013 oh, dear me \u2013 rapping. The tune overall is very much in a baggy Britpop vein, but the vocals put me off; nothing wrong with rap, but it feels completely out of place here. Too much stylistic variance can be a dangerous thing. \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life,\u201d on the other hand, is an excellent rocker in a mid-period Beatlesque style. It&#8217;s good enough to (nearly) wash away the unpleasant memories of the track that preceded it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Healing Fields\u201d is a sweet, pastoral piece with gauzy vocal harmonies and a haunting\/haunted feel. It\u2019s vaguely reminiscent of Moody Blues circa \u201868, which can only be a good thing. The title track is understated and yet somehow catchy, slightly reminiscent of Teenage Fanclub. Eternity wraps up in style with \u201cWatching the World,\u201d another catchy tune in that \u201890s Britpop style, with some great and uncluttered lead guitar work.<\/p>\n<p>If <i>Eternity<\/i> featured all but one of its tracks, I\u2019d happily call it a four-star album. If you can overlook the two and a half minutes of hip-hop misstep &#8211; -and it&#8217;s my enthusiastic recommendation that you should &#8212; then there are many joys to be found in the sonic experience that is def.fo\u2019s <i>Eternity<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shimmering modern psychedelia with a tuneful foundation is at the core of Eternity, the new album from def.fo aka Tom Powell. 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