Loose Fur - Born Again in the U.S.a.
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Artist: Loose FurEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Music Label: Drag City
Soundtracks:
- Hey Chicken
- The Ruling Class
- Answers To Your Questions
- Apostolic
- Stupid As the Sun
- Pretty Sparks
- An Ecumenical Matter
- Thou Shalt Wilt
- Wreckroom
- Wanted
Music reviews of Born Again in the U.S.a.
Music Review: The Packaging is Worth the Price of the Album Alone
Rating: 4 Stars
Oh yeah and pretty much every song is a gem. I don't know why I like the vaguely racy cartoons in the foldout as much as I do, maybe because they're all done in pencil and some are reminiscent of old Playboys. Just unique. Then the band photos. Tweedy, Kotche, and O'Rourke all play "mental" ten times over, each song showing the same goofball photo and the instruments they play on it.
But lest you think it isn't about the music. Call it Wilco math rock in some spots. "Apostolic" goes through some winding shifts and ends up making some nice comments on religion (there are a few more religious commentaries on this CD--so interesting to find out what goes on beneath the Wilco zeitgeist). It's not all about the religion and time shifts here. The instrumental harmonies are stunning on "Apostolic"; it switches back and forth from lushness to jaggedness. Absoute ear candy.
"Stupid As the Sun" has a weird math rock march feel that lurches through Jim O'Rourke's smart screed. It's really sweet. Jim Kotche has some stunning drumming on this. Again, varied and intricate. Why doesn't it ever get this complicated on Wilco albums? I'm waiting. That's right, you read me Wilco.
"Pretty Sparks" is fun, but no spark ever exactly materializes. Part of why I can't give this album a five, as much as I want to (your career hangs on my five, Loose Fur, whether or not you actually know it--that's right, there's a contingent of delusional Wilco fans out there, as if you didn't know).
"Thou Shalt Wilt" is another brainteaser from Jim. The music sounds like Sesame Street. It's a song about the virtues of the numbers between and 1 and 10. The music is sweet. "Still, look at number eight,/ what a better way to procreate." Such silly and flip lyrics don't usually give chills up and down my spine (tho' the chills are not exactly on the order of "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart," say--just chills at the success of their audacity, wittiness, and instrumental bravado; still quite the accomplishment).
Right now, my favorite is "Wreckroom." Again it is all over the place. It sorts of begins where "Reservations" ends at the end of YHF. This is one that takes several minutes to fade in; it has several minutes of cascading torrents of guitar coming from Jeff & Jim that intersperse with Jeffs plaintive observations; then it fades out with some great analog sounds courtesy of Jim. Absolutely blissful.
If you both like Wilco and like to hear what an even more experimental artist like O'Rourke sounds like with Wilco's drummer and leader (and he mixes and engineers this one, too, like he does Wilco's last few), then you should absolutely buy this one. Even if this isn't the case, you'd be awfully unadventurous to not go out on a limb and get something as absolutely expansive and provocative as this.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.The second album by this Wilco side project has a nicely resilient band quality to it. Originally seen as Jeff Tweedy's noisier outlet, it's arguably as tuneful as his main band's most recent releases. A trio with Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche and producer/utility player/solo artist Jim O'Rourke, most of the songs are clearly the result of group interplay. However, it's the finishing touches, from arrangement flourishes to lyrics, that make them rise about hipster jamming. And just when you thought every cool guitar riff has already been discovered, the set starts off with a bang as "Hey Chicken" lets loose with a dazzler. There follows everything from an easy country groove ("The Ruling Class") to power pop ("Stupid As the Sun") and beautifully fragile balladry ("Answers to Your Questions"), to plenty more smart and mammoth guitar sounds. --David Greenberger
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