Review:

on 2011-12-03 Bertman Said:

Greenland is Melting
Where Were We
Paper + Plastic, 2011
By M. A. Rivera

This CD kicks off with a foot stomping upbeat tune, For What Its Worth and keeps things mostly lighthearted. This is folk at its finest. Musically, the band wanders into some blues and bluegrass, but overall they consistently return to a solid folk foundation.
Greenland is Melting is an acoustic band which occasionally colors their songs with a tasteful electric lead or an accordion. Whether contemplating a lost love or the universe folding in on itself, there is a tendency for the band to harmonize on most songs, and a complete inability to take anything too seriously.
There are several songs about zombies to make the disc just that much more fun. No Matter What You See, and The Dead Are Watching, both offer narratives on the slow moving undead. Its hard to recall the last time you heard a happy go lucky tune about a zombie apocalypse. There are some serious shades of Mexicali Blues era Grateful Dead style guitar playing on the latter tune.
Time will not stop me/I will go and drink some coffee they sing on Second Favorite Bed, as they insist on making it to the next show. The bands constant gigging is paying off with a musical cohesion which can only truly be developed performing onstage.
With songs about liquor, love and the living dead, what more could you possibly want? If Greenland is Melting can maintain their sense of humor theyll be around for a long time to come.

Rating: 7/10