Vetiver News: Vetiver - Tight Knit (2009)

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Like seemingly every artist or group playing acoustic instruments around 2004, Vetiver were lumped into the then burgeoning freak folk scene. If it wasn't clear before, the band's latest album, Tight Knit, makes it obvious: there is nothing freaky about Vetiver.That's not necessarily a criticism, though. Tight Knit is simply a decent, laid-back folk album with few bells and whistles, freakish or otherwise. At times, the proceedings can be a bit plain, but it's hard to argue with the pleasant melody Andy Cabic works with on album opener ‘Rolling Sea,' or the bouncy, 60's pop love song ‘Everyday.'

One thing...