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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Parks and Recreation (formerly Reclinerland) |
| Date | Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:26:04 +0000 |
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Stewart,
The Parks and Recreation sounds like an immediate grab for me.But I am not
familiar with John Southworth,and I see he has several albums.Is there a
"must Have' or oine I just have to start with.I know he has been mentioned
here before.
Gene
>From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Parks and Recreation (formerly Reclinerland)
>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 02:58:31 -0400
>
>I'm listening again to the debut album by Parks and Recreation, WHAT WAS
>SHE DOING ON THE SHORE THAT NIGHT?, and I'm thinking this might be my
>favorite record so far in 2006. It combines all of the things I like about
>folks like Belle and Sebastian, the Divine Comedy, John Southworth, the
>Decemberists, the Wedding Present and the Monochrome Set while minimizing
>the things I dislike. (Actually, I can't think of anything I dislike about
>John Southworth and the Decemberists, who are the artists this album
>reminds me the most of, though I know there are things about both that bug
>others.) The songs are clever and occasionally dryly funny, but not in an
>obnoxiously showy way, with a lot of orchestral touches in the arrangements
>but a solidly guitar-pop basis to the melodies. I should think that if you
>like more than one of the bands listed above, you'll find a lot to like
>here.
>
>Parks and Recreation are led by Michael Johnson, who used to be a
>one-man-band called Reclinerland: when he finally got a stable band lineup,
>he changed the band name.
>
>S
>
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