daniel@eliteware.com said of "Not For Threes"
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the album sounds very inhuman. Like androids made it. >
I'd say that (but mean it as a compliment) about something like "Chiastic
Slide" compared to which "Not For Threes" is pretty warm and pop sounding.
I don't know how I'll feel in 10 months or whether I'll track down all
those EPs but having just picked up the US release, I'm very happy with it.
There are a few forgettable tracks (and yes, they do seem to include the
ones with vocals, although Bjork fans should enjoy her bit) but overall I'd
put it a few notches above average.
Looking for something cheap to round out a hurried shopping trip, I grabbed
the Wagon Christ "Lovely" 3-song EP and am now wondering why I need an
extra copy of a song from a full-length I'm likely to buy quite soon -
however there are the other two tracks "Pretty Crap" and "Suspension
Breakdown" - are they exclusive to this release?
Neither one is going to change your life ("Lovely" is oddly eye-opening
though).
Also recently got the Icarus _Kamikaze_ - the US release on the NYC based
Shadow label is dated '98 and I scanned the recent months archives of this
list and was surprised that there was no mention of it. I see there's a UK
release (pretty sure the label is Recordings of Substance) and couldn't
find a copyright date (I was peering through the huge plastic antitheft
device) - has it been out for awhile there and already talked out on the
list?
The record originally caught my ear as an in-store play item in Tower
Records where I think I over-reacted - it was such a "my God they're
actually playing something interesting" moment that I mentally graded it a
little too high (while I went elsewhere to buy it more cheaply) - still
quite listenable though.
Thanks,
Bob Bannister