Kindekrist – Father Songs

Description

Father Songs is the sophomore album by the Australian folk-rock band Kindekrist, released on EMI Custom in 1974.

Cutting edge Australian Jesus rock obscurity released on a custom branch of EMI records. Nice earthy home-made arrangements that don’t sound particularly Australian (not that I’d know what that is if I heard it) – more like the best of the US and UK home-grown hippie-angled endeavors. The five semi-long-haired guys and one girl of Kindekrist alternate male and female lead vocals while encompassing a variety of styles. The raw harmonica-wailing «Father’s Blues» and the slow acoustic «Father Of The Evening» both fit into the blues rock category. The minor-key Celtic-sounding «All At Sea» and the a cappella madrigal «Come All You Good People» each have a very distinctive British flavor more akin to groups like Parchment. While acoustic instrumentation is usually favored over electric, there also happens to be some good wah-wah guitar coupled with organ and harpsichord on the psych-edged «Follow» and «Watch Out For The Wolf» (the latter of which features some fun howwwwwwwling vocals). Filling in the remainder of the fourteen songs are some effective samplings of folk-rock, soft rock, ragtime and acoustic ballads. Excellent! [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Hillside Gallows” – 3:28
A2. “Sparrow” – 2:54
A3. “Watch Out for the Wolf” – 3:15
A4. “Good News” – 1:02
A5. “Evensong” – 3:26
A6. “Mr. Knight” – 2:53
A7. “You Can Fool Everybody” – 2:55

Side Two
B1. “Father’s Blues” – 4:01
B2. “Father of the Evening” – 2:44
B3. “All at Sea” – 3:08
B4. “Come All You Good People” – 1:59
B5. “The Lord’s Supper” – 2:35
B6. “Follow” – 3:22
B7. “Song for Kristin” – 2:35