Fake Blood
Harvest
2012
Rating: 7 coffee filters out of 10
It's only fitting that Jim James of My Morning Jacket is pushing to get Floating Action heard more in the world, because before I even heard of James' fandom, Floating Action brought to mind a strong whiff of MMJ (the older stuff, before they started sucking), a smidge of Sparklehorse (his more straight-forward pop songs), and the obvious tie-ins to various canyon rock bands from the late sixties and early seventies (aka shit that Gram Parsons was either a part of or friends of). Floating Action, at least in it's recorded form, is just one man - Seth Kauffman - and it honestly sounds like a bedroom project with one man obsessing over it, but that's not a bad thing in my book. Years ago I might have said something like "this album might be hard to get your hands on, but it's worth the search" - but fuck that shit these days, the internet makes everything available to everyone. The sentiment holds true though - this is worth searching out if you like subtle pop music with just enough earthy vibe to keep it grounded.
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