Album Review: Our Fair City - A Most Clever Disaster

Do you still get misty eyed when you go back and listen to Hidden in Plain View's Life in Dreaming? Are your bedroom’s walls covered in posters of the large flux of bands feeding off of emotionally raging lyrics and semi-similar production from the early 00’s? Well history repeats itself, and Our Fair City's debut A Most Clever Disaster will have those looking at the past decade with a smile pleasantly satiated. If you're looking for something new and attention-grabbing however, Our Fair City's first venture may not be your speed.

Our Fair City

There's quite a bit of snow outside today, and many of the songs on Our Fair City's A Most Clever Disaster fit that mood. Reminiscent of Lydia on the lighter parts of songs and Manchester Orchestra on the heavier parts, Our Fair City has an extremely polished sound for such a young band.  The production allows the excellent specific instrumentals to stand out on their own, creating a strong final product. Although they may be signed, Signal Records is an extremely small label, and the band would probably fit extremely well on No Sleep or Run For Cover. For now, you can download A Most Clever Disaster on Bandcamp here for free.