Well, this is actualy where my music listening jurney started funnly enough, I will always be gratefull to have stumbled upon Birthplace when I was 12. It changed the way I listned to music, made me reaserch more folk music and find Iron and Whine and the rest is history.
All I can say is that its not the greatest thing I heard but danm is it pretty, and some moments still hit me as they did 5 years ago
Repeat Until Death, Birth Place, Oh Round Lake and Emigrate are phenomenal songs that just ... read more
This might be better than Titanic Rising, wich is insane to say, this is just so well made both lyricly and musicly, album of the decade for me so far
Update: I love it even more and God Turn Me Into a Flower is rn my favorite song AOT, its something beyond human creation for me personaly
This album took a lot of re listens, but it was worth it. This a very cool album with some of the best lyrics I read in a while. Love it
This album is finaly going to be proff that Jacob can make some very good music, The Jesse series showed ambition, and this album is a simple yet effective showcase of less is more and when the theory is not the main focus. If Jacobs ever combines these to eras we will get some amazing music!