The album captures that same whimsy with enough layers of peculiar instrumentation to make Sufjan Stevens jealous.- Josh JacksonĢ8. A few years ago, Brooklyn-based Dadone began gathering Weathervanes’ odd collection of instruments-a banjo from his stepfather, a harmonium from India, a water phone from the Lower East Side-and then used Craigslist to find bandmates from across the city to play them all. These memories, along with bits of dream journaling, weave their way loosely through Weathervanes, Freelance Whales’ debut LP. By age six, he began to make room for the ghost of a young girl he sensed living in his house.
When Freelance Whales frontman Judah Dadone was growing up on 20 acres of woods outside Wilmington, Del., his part-Cherokee nanny told him that horses and dogs-and sometimes kids-could see spirits. Here, they provide a pleasant escape to a mythical America of endless horizons and youthful resilience-not such a bad place to be in 2010.- Matt FinkĢ9. In lesser hands, the American Graffiti-styled themes of star-crossed lovers and summer nights would drown in their own sincerity. She plays the dewy-eyed ingénue a bit too faithfully at times, but there is no denying her legitimacy as a tunesmith, divvying her set between bouncy piano-pop, folk-flavored sing-alongs and orchestral anthems. On Volume Two, swirling strings and lush backing vocals underscore Deschanel’s increasingly sophisticated songwriting. Ward’s unobtrusive production made for a winning combination-which means they risked a lot by making a followup album as complex and ambitious as this one.
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