On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:07:30 -0400, Adam Piontek <adam@damek.org> wrote:
quoted 10 lines Lewis Overton - "Something Like Close To This" (sprout recordings)> Lewis Overton - "Something Like Close To This" (sprout recordings)
> The last release from now defunct Sprout, which was an offshoot of
> the also now defunct Hydrant Records (which gave us Proem), this EP was
> quite a surprise. I didn't really appreciate it at the time, and I
> still feel that most of the Hydrant/Sprout material was pretty mediocre,
> but this one EP has grown on me over the few years since its release.
> It's definitely a throwback to the old Artificial Intelligence sound,
> but unlike much of the "me too" AI copycat material out there, this one
> does it well and wants to be heard again and again.
>
Wow! Amazing that you should mention this one. I really really like
"Something like close to this," and I would say it's really the only
worthwhile release on Sprout, as the other four just seemed to be the
Varathane guy stroking his own ego by releasing under as many aliases
as possible. I also never really noticed this release until last year
or so, but now I really appreciate it.
Let's see... I don't think that Freeform has ever received the credit
that he deserves (on this list or anywhere else, for that matter). I
still really really like Green Park, and the Audiotourism disc was
really good as well (and had some stunning photography, to boot). I'm
interested to see where his next full-length on Skam goes.
I'll have to think of some others...
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