Friday Freebie: Steam Engines - Lady of the Lake
Steam Engines' Bandcamp profile describes them as "... mostly acoustic music." I can't deny that, but the New Jersey artist is hardly folky. Their latest album, Lady of the Lake , contains a ton of piano, strings, and acoustic guitar, but there's a weird layer of fuzz over quite a bit of it. This is more straightforward alt-singer/songwriter music. The first pair of songs illustrates how different the album can be. The album opener, "Windchimes," is a more acoustic laid back song than the second track. "Windchimes II" is a much more rock oriented song. Lady of the Lake is reminding me quite a bit of early Grand Royal era Ben Lee and Ben Kweller's early solo work. Sure, a lot of it is acoustic, but Steam Engines are much more rock than folk. This is a great alt-rock album that has some serious bedroom recording charm even though this isn't exactly lo-fi. You can listen to "Speak to Me" below. Lady of the Lake is available now f...