Critics’ Pick for Best Folk Pop: The Grecian Urns
Only active in the summer when its members are on break from school, this folk pop ensemble produces music that’s fresh and full of sunshine. The catchy refrains and heart-hugging melodies charm a tiny tear from your sentimental eye, boy-girl harmonies and exuberant sing-shouts trigger feel-good gooseflesh, bouncy piano-driven beats get your toes tapping and your head bobbing, and instrumental arrangements stimulate with bright blasts of brass and rising washes of strings. You sigh. It’s over. You’ve fallen, and hard, but it feels right and you can’t help but be happy about it.
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This article appears in Sep 16-22, 2010.