''Fires in Distant Buildings'' is an album by the British singer-songwriter
Gravenhurst, released in 2005.
Critical reception
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'' thought that "all too often ... the album fades into the background for long, dull stretches."
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The Times'' wrote that "sprawling structures and Low/Nick Drake/Velvets template are stretched to the point where songs—as opposed to what have, in the past, seemed like extemporisations—begin to reveal their compact shapes."
wrote that "Gravenhurst flesh out their starkly lovely fusion of British folk, dream pop, and electronica with full-fledged drums, electric guitars, and even denser electronic atmospheres."
Track listing
# "Down River"
# "The Velvet Cell"
# "Animals"
# "Nicole"
# "The Velvet Cell Reprise"
# "Cities Beneath the Sea"
# "Song From Under the Arches"
# "See My Friends"
References
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2004 albums
Gravenhurst (band) albums
Warp (record label) albums