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Gotta love those Amsterdam hazes.
...the Friends of Fall EP, as a covers album, isn’t a bad way to wish Happy Birthday to 10 years of being in business. Overall, the band shares some stark similarities to labelmates Joy Kills Sorrow, except Crooked Still is perhaps a little touch more melancholic than their peers in the other band. And despite the paucity of original material on the extended play, the group certainly knows its way around a well-worn and familiar tune. If you happen to like bluegrass, and if you happen to appreciate some of the artists given the covers treatment here, you will view the Friends of Fall EP as an embarrassment – an embarrassment of riches, that is. Covers torn from other acts’ songbooks don’t generally sound as vital and vibrant as the arrangements Crooked Still gives to them. Friends of Fall is definitely well worth a listen. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/149653-crooked-still-friends-of-fall-ep
