Fallow
Fanny Lumsden · 2020
40 min · 12 tracks
A warm blend of contemporary country sounds with personal storytelling that reflects on life’s challenges and triumphs.
Top tracks — play these first
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This Too Shall Pass — This track encapsulates the album's overarching theme of resilience, offering an uplifting message wrapped in catchy melodies that linger long after listening.
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Grown Ups — With its introspective lyrics about adulthood's challenges, this track showcases Lumsden's ability to blend humor and sincerity, making it both relatable and poignant.
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Fallow — The title track serves as a reflective centerpiece of the album, exploring themes of rest and renewal through rich imagery and evocative storytelling.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Fallow showcases solid songwriting and thematic cohesion, though it remains within familiar country sounds.
What we noticed
- The album opens with a strong narrative-driven track, 'Mountain Song', that sets a reflective tone for the record.
- Several tracks feature layered harmonies and instrumentation that build gradually, particularly in 'Fallow' and 'These Days'.
- The sequencing includes a reprise of 'Mountain Song' at the end, creating a circular structure that reinforces its themes.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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6/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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6/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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8/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
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Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Mountain Song 1:56
- 2 This Too Shall Pass 3:20
- 3 Peed in the Pool 3:41
- 4 Grown Ups 3:27
- 5 Fierce 2:38
- 6 Tidy Town 4:26
- 7 Fallow 4:39
- 8 Wishing 2:34
- 9 These Days 3:44
- 10 Dig 3:24
- 11 Black and White 3:57
- 12 Mountain Song (reprise) 2:29
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