Jan
5
Le Blogotheque’s Album of the Year: Forest Fire - “Survival”

I’m sure I’m also speaking for the band when I give a huge thanks to La Blogotheque for choosing Forest Fire’s Survival as the Top Album of 2008 (above even Fleet Foxes, woohoo!)
Here’s my loose (i.e. poor) translation of Le Blogotheque’s éloge en français:
[Survival is] [a] rare album, released on a blog label, available only on the internet, that can be downloaded for free or for just a few dollars. An album that you can not find in a store, that hasn’t been criticized by Pitchfork, Mojo, or Inrocks, and that has had no advertising or publicity. An album that was intended to be forgotten at the end of the year. All the more reason to place this album at the top of the top.
It is an excellent album, and the one I listened to most this year. Raw, powerful songs, alternately nervous and hypnotic, like a drug-hazy stroll through the history of song.
I repeat today what I said 6 months ago: download Survival and you’ve made the best acquisition of the year.
Yes, the limited-edition CD (both “Giant-Size” and regular) is long sold-out, but as mentioned, you can still download the entire album, and I strongly urge you to do so.
::: Forest Fire - “Fortune Teller” :::
::: Forest Fire - “I Make Windows” :::






Forest Fire
PWRFL Power
Fulton Lights
Air Waves
Oh yes. 2009 is already shaping up rather nicely: 


