Westerns
General
| Mar 2006
Reviews
Murray
Reviewed 2006-06-16
Reviewed 2006-06-16
Genre-blending mindfuck: country/western, folk/rock, experimental pop, bluegrass, cartoon music, and so on. Low-key male vocals. Lots of pedal steel guitar, along with guitars, mandolin, strings. A project of Julian Snow from Salem, OR. Play with Calexico, Tindersticks, Anti-Clockwise, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The Fiery Furnaces. Amazing album. FCC indecent: 1. Start with 3, 4, 8.
1. FCC indecent. Sort of draft of a song. Ends before it finds itself. Begins acoustic & sweet and quickly gets electric & sour.
2. Mid-fast, country-western rocker.
==> 3. Dark, lo-fi folk rock ballad. with pedal steel. Starts with hard-panned, strummed guitar.
==> 4. Folk/prog, multi-part instrumental. Starts low key and gets frenetic, then returns.
5. Acoustic, minimal ballad... becomes electric, with lines like “constructing the internal organs with vacuum tubes.”
6. Very pretty, slow ballad with guitars and synths. Starts with a slow guitar strum.
7. Quirky pop. Lo-fi, detuned synths and drums. Starts with pedal steel.
==> 8. Mid-fast indie/country pop with wacky electronics. Ends cold.
9. Demented country rock instrumental. Eclectic and warped. Ends with electric noise.
10. Slow, poignant/demented ballad that becomes briefly jumpy at end.
1. FCC indecent. Sort of draft of a song. Ends before it finds itself. Begins acoustic & sweet and quickly gets electric & sour.
2. Mid-fast, country-western rocker.
==> 3. Dark, lo-fi folk rock ballad. with pedal steel. Starts with hard-panned, strummed guitar.
==> 4. Folk/prog, multi-part instrumental. Starts low key and gets frenetic, then returns.
5. Acoustic, minimal ballad... becomes electric, with lines like “constructing the internal organs with vacuum tubes.”
6. Very pretty, slow ballad with guitars and synths. Starts with a slow guitar strum.
7. Quirky pop. Lo-fi, detuned synths and drums. Starts with pedal steel.
==> 8. Mid-fast indie/country pop with wacky electronics. Ends cold.
9. Demented country rock instrumental. Eclectic and warped. Ends with electric noise.
10. Slow, poignant/demented ballad that becomes briefly jumpy at end.
Recent airplay
Riding The Root Canal
What's In the Icebox — Aug 05, 2006
Spring Loaded Winter
What's In the Icebox — Aug 04, 2006
Little Maggie
The Top Shelf — Jul 18, 2006
Little Maggie
What's in the Icebox? — Jul 15, 2006
Little Maggie
Biff Bang Pow — Jul 09, 2006
Spring Loaded Winter
patriotism without futbol — Jul 04, 2006
Charting
2006-06-18 — 2006-08-20
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Aug 6 | 2 |
| Jul 23 | 1 |
| Jul 16 | 2 |
| Jul 9 | 1 |
| Jun 25 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Official Statement | ||
| 2. | Sub-Ballad Of The Chain Link Halo | ||
| 3. | Spring Loaded Winter | ||
| 4. | Westerns | ||
| 5. | Riding The Root Canal | ||
| 6. | Asteroid | ||
| 7. | Neoclassic | ||
| 8. | Little Maggie | ||
| 9. | On The Absurdity Of Proceeding Even Farther West | ||
| 10. | Drumming Animal |