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Report this review (spam, insults, etc.)Ivan1984 • 2008-10-14 22:22:36
#12 this weekPedigree Joey
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| 4 | 7:05 | 117 listens |
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Aha, the uber-challenging "Pedigree Joey".
The "difficult second album"
While I still have a great fondness for this extensive marathon of an album, I do realise that some of its songs may not be too easy on the casual listener's ears. ("Hoovod" being undoubtedly the major case in point - Why did I choose that as the opening track??).
Pedigree Joey's "difficult" nature comes from the fact that it was written and constructed in a blur of depression, recreational drugs, ridiculous sleep deprivation (try a week with no sleep, and then write a song!) coupled with loss of employment and therefore a hell of a lot of free time.
"Pedigree Joey" is the sound of a descent into temporary madness, and veers chaotically through multiple tempo changes, gives a new meaning to the phrase "genre-hopping" and rarely keeps its mind on one thing for more than 30 seconds.
There are moments of comparitive relief however. "Orange" is a lump in the throat harpsichord ballad for the drum 'n' bass crowd, with soft-rock leanings. "The Tait" holds a coherent train of thought for the majority of its 4 and a half minutes, and "New Man" sounds... well... like Numan of course.
My personal favs however would be "Joey", with its minimalist, warped and lethargic crawl which ever so slowly builds to quite a full and rich baroque climax - ... "Jahs" is the defining moment for me, where the chaos all came into its own, short, snappy and tense - Organised mayhem. And i'm still rather proud of the anthemic foot-stomping riot that makes up the closing portion of "Pardrais".
I hope that someone enjoys this, as I absolutely love its impossibly dense nature - Though it may not be the best starting point in the Trolley repertoire (Try "Very Plath" first instead, then come back to Joey).
Matt
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Ivan1984 • 2008-10-14 22:22:36
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Please stay courteous and be sincere (for good and bad!). It can be an interesting read for others, but only if it is constructive and doesn't disparage the artist.
Please write about the music itself and don't be too hard on the sound quality of some demos.
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