Home All Day, Home All Night
Self-Released, 2021
9/10
Listen to Home All Day, Home All Night
The folksy trio of The Furious Seasons, i.e. David Steinhart, Jeff Steinhart and P.A. Nelson, are in fine company here, as they pen a pandemic record that thematically surrounds love, aging, childhood, and the inevitable grip of time on every facet of life.
“Is This Happening” starts the listen with cozy acoustic guitar as warm, expressive singing from David flows with a reflective Americana tone, and “Down For Me” follows with a poetic display of folk-influenced beauty that benefits from David’s soft drumming and Nelson’s intricate guitar work, not too mention well timed accordion courtesy of Arlan Oscar.
“We Go Down” lands close to the middle and brings soothing vocal harmonies amid the pretty, rootsy songwriting, while “Birthday Song” emits a lush and heartfelt execution of genuine emotion in the album highlight. “The North Valley”, another excellent track, is then accented by strategic violin thanks to Aubrey Richmond’s contributions to the stirring climate.
Moving down the line, “Changes” soars with a timeless folk template in the imaginative David Bowie cover, and “7420” exits the listen and illustrates the trio’s well thought out chemistry that’s impossible not to admire.
An effort that just sounds like their California home with its overwhelmingly breezy landscape, The Furious Seasons yet again carve out a very distinct and cautiously charming place to reside in the area of modern indie-folk and vintage folk-rock that we could never tire of, and Home All Day, Home All Night just might be one of their best yet.
Travels well with: Jon Byrd- Me & Paul; Tylor & The Train Robbers- Non-Typical Find