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The Pineapple Fields
Artist: The Pit That Became a Tower
Label: Men of Israel Records
Length: 11 tracks / 35:50
The Israeli band, The Pit That Became a Tower, is back with their second full length release The Pineapple Fields. This album is more in your face that their first release; they confront the materialism that is strangling the world, how some people use worshipping God as an escape mechanism and how knowledge alone cannot save us. And that’s just the first song! Lucky for us there are eleven more thought provoking tunes that will challenge both your mind and spirit. Although the music is mostly acoustic guitar driven the lyrics contain an intensity that so few albums have. This is not an album that should be casually listened if you want to fully experience the greatness on this release because there is so much going on in these songs that it deserves the listener’s undivided attention. That’s not to say one cannot benefit for casual listens because the melodies that are present throughout The Pineapple Fields will draw you in to them and take you on a sonic odyssey you won’t soon forget. Two themes dominate this album, persistence in the face of the adversity that is inherent in life, “The Battle of Walnut Hills (Keep Your Eye on the Flag)” talks vividly about it. Contentment is the other major theme, contentment in knowing that we are all precious in God’s sight whether we want to acknowledge it or not. Few bands can interlace humor, sadness, contemplation and worship in such an artful, cohesive way as TPTBAT does here. The eighth track “Red River Gorge Blues” is the best song I’ve heard this year, it beautifully weaves together the absurdity and deep yearning for the divine that we all struggle with. Fans of lo-fi, indie music or those who are tired of hearing bands that sound like Nickelback and My Chemical Romance will think this record is the Holy Grail. Adam Rosenfeld and company have assembled another solid offering that like wine will only get better with time.
Aaron Anderson 7/18/2006
4 ½ clocks