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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