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Belly Of The Lion

Ola Podrida

Belly Of The Lion

Second album from Texan indie folk songwriter David Wingo better know as a soundtrack composer

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6.7

Label
Western Vinyl
UK Release date
09/11/2009
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  1. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    He’ll need some help to recreate it live, but on record David Wingo has shown that he can pull it off on his own
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  2. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Subtle, ambient songs, full of quietly restrained emotion, giving the listener space with abstract sounds and images that are then personalised by Wingo’s intimate delivery
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  3. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    Belly of the Lion is more compact than Ola Podrida's 2007 self-titled debut, which means it is sharper, shapelier, and only slightly less substantial
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  4. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Ola Podrida's music works as if folk music and shoegazer rock are both branches of the same thing, and the result is an oddly complementary tension between the pastoral and textural sides of the music
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  5. 6.0 |   Clash

    Though not consistent enough to dazzle, ‘Belly Of The Lion’ nonetheless enchants with subtle artistry
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  6. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    There are nine distinct, quite beautiful tracks on this record. But a few of them end up getting lost in this murky landscape, and in those moments the expansion of the record inverts itself into a slight limitation
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