Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
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Artist: Sunset RubdownBrand: Sunset
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-09
Music Label: Jagjaguwar
Soundtracks:
- Mending Of The Gown, The
- Magic Vs. Midas
- Up On Your Leopard, Upon The End Of Your Feral Days
- Courtesan Has Sung, The
- Winged Wicked Things
- Colt Stands Up, Grows Horns
- Stallion
- For The Pier (And Dead Shimmering)
- Taming Of The Hands That Came Back To Life, The
- Setting Vs. Rising
- Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot!
- Child-Heart Losers
Music reviews of Random Spirit Lover
Music Review: Staggering Beauty Hidden Behind A Snaggle-Toothed Mask
Rating: 5 Stars
Spencer Krug is rapidly becoming a candidate for awesomest person of all time. Well not really, but you know what i mean. On Random Spirit Lover, he weaves glowing webs of silken music-thread, which, try as you might, will not allow your freedom. But in a good happy indie rock sort of way. One can make the argument that this is a concept album about a failing relationship between a musician named Sam and an actress named Maggie (see Mending of the Gown). I would have to agree, and as the album progresses we hear their sad story and ultimately see their relationship unravel. But you just have to listen and decide for yourself. I highly reccomend this album for any fan of music that's willing to wait for the hidden treasure to surface after a few listens. And there's a sequel! Sunset Rubdown's next album deals with a few of the same themes and lyrics. For example, "You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II) is indeed connected to "Trumpet Trumpet Toot Toot," as "Idiot Heart" is connected with "The Men Are Called Horsemen There" from Shut Up I Am Dreaming. But I digress. Buy this album.
Description of Random Spirit Lover
Their third full-length features twelve songs that bleed in and out of each other, mixing portents with theatrics, confusions with conversions. "Beyond writing catchy tunes and packing them with whispers, mallets, harpsichord, and patches of cheapskate drum machines, [Spencer Krug's] an intriguing presence. Instead of bubbling along at one level, he roller coasters and raves, mixing nonsense with sharp observations and sadness with puns" - Pitchfork. "Shut Up I Am Dreaming" on Absolutely Kosher SoundScanned over 15,000 copies and earned Pitchfork's "Best New Music" tag.While Spencer Krug's unique vocals, imagery, and wibble-wobble song structure remain intact, Random Spirit Lover showcases great growth for both he and his band as musicians. Spencer's voice and unique instrumental choices may scare some away, but with repeat listens, you truly see numerous layers to these new songs. The album begins with the same sound you may have come to expect from Sunset Rubdown on Shut Up I am Dreaming and also from Spencer while performing with Wolf Parade. Songs like "The Mending of the Gown" and "Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days" feature the same frantic, yelping and infectious lyrics that have become Krug trademarks. The album takes a turn at "Winged/Wicked Things" and slowly grows and evolves into a more refined yet experimental version of a band that has obviously started to discover their identity. The latter half of the album, beginning with "The Taming of the Hands that Came Back to Life," all the way till the last second of "Child-Heart Losers," features the band's best music to date and also the signs of a band that have become their own entity, far removed from Wolf Parade or Frog Eyes. --Aaron Swetnam
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