QUIET LIFE – Big Green

With a sound based in good old fashioned Americana rock n’ roll come Quiet Life and with Big Green. Grabbing inspiration from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and The Grateful Dead, the 10 tracks on this album will work well as a soundtrack sitting around a campfire or an accompaniment on a road trip across the big empty spaces of this great land known as America.


The music is stripped down and comes across as straightforward — with the attention placed mainly on the songwriting, especially in the songs “Cave Country,” “Easy To Please,” and the title track. These particular tracks tend to be quite folk-y compared to tracks like “Storm Clouds” (heavy Grateful Dead influence here) and “Nighttime” (with guitar work reminiscent of early Kings Of Leon). The mix of laid back folk tracks with the heavier guitar-laced tunes make for a real natural flow. Can’t say I love the vocals, but I dig the guitar work here. Those who savor the folk/roots rock sound should give this album a whirl.

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