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# Review | Brown Bird - Salt for Salt
- URL: https://www.musicsavage.com/review-brown-bird-salt-for-salt/
- Published: 2011-10-27T14:29:38.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-27T14:29:38.000Z
- Author: Kyle Mitchell
- Tags: Brown Bird, #wordpress, #Import 2024-04-24 19:18

![](http://www.musicsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/brownbird_280_mikaelkennedy.jpg "Brown Bird Mikael Kennedy")  
[Brown Bird – Thunder and Lightning](http://www.musicsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/BB-Thunder%5Fand%5FLightning.mp3)  
[Brown Bird – Bilgewater](http://www.musicsavage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/02-Bilgewater-1.mp3)

When I got my first crack at hearing Brown Bird I was totally floored. Amazed at how much great sound duo David Lamb & Morganeve Swain produce together. Their influences are varied but reside mostly in roots rock, early American Folk, Gypsy music. Salt for Salt is the perfect example of this blend. Its a total joy to listen to.

Its this dark side of folk that they mainly explore.Brown Bird has a tendency towards the dark side. Pulling from their influences Brown Bird uses haunting lyrics, varied rhythms and an assortment of instruments to create a sound that is quite unique. They lit up the Newport Folk festival this summer, and this album will shake you to your core.

Powerful songs like “Cast No Shadow,” & “Blood of Angels,” are fittingly dark and very very enjoyable, midtempo songs like “Bilgewater” and “Chairkickers” strike a fantastic chord of the dark and macabre feeling of their music. They fill an interesting niche style of music incorporating a Gypsy-like European feel that are both a little creepy and awesome to listen to.

Thoroughly enjoyed this album top to bottom, and I can’t say enough about how much this band does with just two people; the sound is phenomenal, full & a joy to listen to. There really is no weak space here on this album and is certainly a favorite of mine in a year full of awesome albums.

Buy [Salt For Salt](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005LZRYBC/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=musisava-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B005LZRYBC&ref=musicsavage.com)![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=musisava-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005LZRYBC&camp=217145&creative=399373)