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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Envelopes (formerly Parks and Recreation (formerly Reclinerland)) |
| Date | Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:08:45 -0400 |
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From: "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com>
> Small world,Stewart.Immediately after I read your post on "Parks"
> and responded to it,I went to read my daily Pitchforkmedia.They
> review Envelopes today.Just a so-so review,but us pop heads know
> pitchfork is only for knowledge[as any review section].As soon as I
> started reading the review ,I thought to myself,"Wonder if Stewart
> has this album.Sounds like something he would like."I avtually just
> picked up a used copy the other day but haven't listened to it
> yet.Is it cool? Is the import different from the domestic?
I don't think there's any difference in the two versions, no.
The cool parts of DEMON are very cool indeed: specifically, "It Is The
Law" and "Sister In Love" are two of my favorite songs so far this
year. "It Is The Law" reminds me a lot of the classic Pixies style,
in that it's a two-minute song with one line of lyrics repeated
endlessly, but it sounds like a fully-formed pop song nonetheless.
However, it's a really wide-ranging record, and overall, I don't like
the songs that the guy sings as much as I do the ones the girl sings,
but that's probably due to my fondness for female singers. There are
certainly Auditeers who would find this album incredibly irritating --
in general, if you don't care for the experimental, noisy end of pop,
you should steer clear, because these are the kinds of songs that have
detuned guitar solos or early-Eno synth twiddles unexpectedly show up
in the middle -- but overall, I give it a thumbs up. I also just got
their new non-LP single "Free Jazz," which I like even more than the
album.
S
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