ARTIST: The Fawns
TITLE: A Nice Place To Be
LABEL: Lesa Bezo
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 34:21 min
SIZE:  47,1 MB
RIP DATE: Jan-03-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-2006
WEBSITE: n/a

Track List:

01. Friends                                    03:31
02. Snow Day                                   02:34
03. Would You Stop?                            02:46
04. Bored                                      02:54
05. Movie Star                                 02:48
06. I Can't Wait                               03:34
07. Freaking Out                               02:44
08. 3 Days                                     02:49
09. Lived Without It                           02:35
10. Any Day                                    05:37
11. Sixteen                                    02:29

Release Notes:

Buried in the recesses of each of our memories are
images of wallflowers at those seventh and eighth
grade dances. You know, one who is not wearing too
much makeup or too revealing an outfit and considers
it best to simply smile at her girlfriendsüf
comments, rather than giggle or guffaw.

The same could be said for ügFriends,üh the opening
track of this album. In this age of media over-
saturation, itüfs refreshing to slip a disc into a
stereo and not feel forced to be dazzled with glitzy
production or self-consciously crafted big choruses,
nor enticed with show-offy and/or sexy female
vocals. Even when the plaintively sung ügFriendsüh
opens up for guitarist Henning Ohlenbusch to lay
down a solo, the musician simply eases the listener
into a feedback-rub, and we breathe a sigh of
release just as singer Lesa Bezo does until the
third verse arrives and she resumes her elegantly
lovely ode to the simple value of companionship.

ügSnow Dayüh follows, a charming, amiable pop gem
that could grace a million play-lists. Our
consciousness is now relaxed enough to admire our
wallflower for her sweet nature and the only thing
better than enjoying time with friends is the chance
to play hooky from work with your sweetie, in order
to ügCurl up by the fireplace and watch a movie,
something that we have seen too many times already
so we can doze off and dream of days just like the
one today.üh
By the time the final track on the album fades out
with a ügla-la-laüh chorus, supported by a nylon
string guitar and melodica in waltz time, weüfre
happily enchanted and can slip this disc into the
racks of our CD collections knowing that itüfll be
there when we want to treat ourselves.

For its part, the spine winks back, with its playful
font (fawnt?) nestling into a yellow and green
background. These Fawns are bashful creatures but
they are beautifully at peace with their
surroundings and this musical world, with its gentle
hummable melodies, strummy midtempo grooves, and
sparkling pop gleam is simply ügA Nice Place To
Be.üh