Rabbit Songs is the debut album by Hem, a slice of arcane americana that fuses
old-time sounds with modern musical sensibilities. Fiona Reid met (t)hem
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Eveningland would make a palatable EP, but over 50 odd minutes starts to sound like a sexless, prim and proper interpretation of modern Americana that...
It seems as if the two major elements of Hem's music are mismatched - both the instruments and the vocals are submissive, leaving us ultimately unfocussed...
