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Family Fires; Sons and Daughters' Sonic Stampede
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The Stranger
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November 3, 2005
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SONS AND DAUGHTERS blend gothic country and pulsing dance music, like bold groove-craving cowpokes installing a disco ball in a rustic ranch. Rhythmic stampedes interrupt high-lonesome guitar lines; boot-heel clicks provide stark percussion during almost a cappella harmonies; and whistles, handclaps, and finger snaps create a campfire symphony. The alternating male/female vocals and intertwined urban and rural sensibilities recall X, while the incongruous relationship between the often-bleak lyrics and the irrepressible hooks echoes the Smiths and the Velvet Underground.
Nothing the band does musically resembles traditional Celtic music, but that description pops up in album reviews because ...
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