Easy Anthems’ debut album is a big surprise. They have recorded 11 fantastic songs. I listened to them by internet and my space, but it’s not the same to have their beautiful limited edition made with care and listening to the songs while you’re reading the words and looking at the drawings and pics. There are some songs that are highlights to me, as ‘B B Shooting’ –I felt in love with this songs the first time I listened…-, ‘Restless Beauty’, ‘The Only One’, ‘Go back to Pittsburgh’ or ‘Old Suitcase’, and you find out new surprises every time you listen to the whole album. I love the way it has been recorded, the instrumentation and arrangements -wonderful –and the way Vanessa and Philip sing every word, with such a feeling, so deeply and full of passion, an interesting dialogue between their notes and the instruments; sometimes they’re phrasing the words like bullets, sometimes like confidences, every word as every note has its colour and its right feeling, the perfect mood... great strings and keyboards arrangements, apparently simple harmonies, their particular trip on the music they love and know so well.  They made music, real music, real folk, popular music, there’s nothing artificial in their work. Every note sounds like a heartbeat, an avalanche of great sounds and true feelings.
Fer & Ina
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I bought this after listening a bit on Myspace, and it has rarely left my CD player. There is such a range of songs: honky-tonk, gentle poetry, spunky fits of fun... and everything pleases. The range of instruments and the skill represented here is so much more than two people should be allowed to have, and we are so lucky to have them share it with us! I can't wait for more from this group.
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Picked up this on the strength of the songs posted on the artists website ( www.easyanthems.org ). The packaging is well put together and very substantial, in a nice brown box with a "book of words", alot of care went into this.

The cd is great, well worth the purchase. Just when i was getting sick of new music and delving back into my collection whenever I wanted something to listen to.. I stumbled across this and am very happy I did so. Check out "BB Shooting" on the artists website for a sample.... the whole album is of this calibre. Looking forward to more!
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