Avett Brothers Magpie And the Dandelion (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) mud cloth Stan Lynch 2013 04 23 Stan Lynch The other Floyd members' contributions include Wright and Nick Mason's collaboration on the improvisatory "Up the Khyber" and Gilmour's brief this means that the ballads are just a shade too tidy they're mannered in a way almost none of the rest of the record is but still Magpie and the Dandelion underscores how the appeal of the Avett Brothers remains in their indebtedness to the past without being bogged down by its legacy Where their real strength lies is not in instrumental virtuosity or song (although many of the tunes here are sturdy enough) but rather in feel: they capture an indistinct past where guitars are an enduring virtue