Sanctuary Records
2004
Young Forever
About This Album
Aberfeldy's debut album is the kind of record that warms your heart to a fever pitch each time you spin it. The kind of record that you will want for all your friends because you can't imagine anyone you love not owning it. The kind of record that is really difficult to review because all you want to do is type "buy this record, you will love it" over and over again until security comes around and escorts you from the building. Aberfeldy is yet another amazing band from Scotland to seemingly come out of nowhere and drop an incredible sunburst on a cloudy indie pop scene. You can save the Belle & Sebastian comparison for someone else though, because they sound nothing like each other musically. They do possess the same magical, easy charm of Belle & Sebastian at their best or of Nick Drake at his cheeriest, as well as the same ramshackle charm that Papas Fritas and the Pastels possess, and the same attention to arrangement and feel that people like the Kinks or Van Dyke Parks brought to their songs, only without the same budget. Indeed, the record is a perfect blend of song and sound and rates right up with the best work of any of these artists. Recorded around one microphone, Young Forever is impossibly warm and inviting.
Track List (try tracks 1,3,5,8,9,10,11 and 12)

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