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vovatSo, I received and listened to two new albums the other day, and I have some thoughts on them.
The first was Sgt. Major's debut album, Rich, Creamery Butter. (I don't think the comma belongs in that title, but that's the way they punctuate it. I do think they get bonus points for using a Simpsons reference.) I wouldn't say it blew me away, necessarily, but I will say that Kurt Bloch has a definite knack for writing insanely catchy songs. "Underneath It," a song I had actually heard before getting the album, is one particular number that's difficult to get out of your head (and I mean that in a good way). It's different from the Fastbacks and Kurt's Young Fresh Fellows songs, but there are some definite similarities as well. The lead singer is called Carmella, with no last name given. The odd thing about that name is that, in one of my Sims games, I named a character "Karmella," without realizing it was a real name. Since then, I've heard of more than one person having that name, or a close variation thereof. Maybe I'd heard it before I named the character, and just couldn't remember. But I digress.
The other album is Johnny Hickman's first solo effort, Palmhenge. I'm not sure what I think of it. I like the overall sound (I guess you'd call it "alt-country," although I've never been quite sure what that term actually indicates), but so far, none of the songs have really grabbed me. I'm disappointed that it doesn't include that "Costco Socks" song that Johnny did when I saw him live. Oh, well. It's different from Cracker (even the Cracker songs that Johnny wrote), but it's pretty good in its own way.
EDIT: Oh, I almost forgot. Today is L. Frank Baum's birthday. If he were still alive, he would have turned 149.
The first was Sgt. Major's debut album, Rich, Creamery Butter. (I don't think the comma belongs in that title, but that's the way they punctuate it. I do think they get bonus points for using a Simpsons reference.) I wouldn't say it blew me away, necessarily, but I will say that Kurt Bloch has a definite knack for writing insanely catchy songs. "Underneath It," a song I had actually heard before getting the album, is one particular number that's difficult to get out of your head (and I mean that in a good way). It's different from the Fastbacks and Kurt's Young Fresh Fellows songs, but there are some definite similarities as well. The lead singer is called Carmella, with no last name given. The odd thing about that name is that, in one of my Sims games, I named a character "Karmella," without realizing it was a real name. Since then, I've heard of more than one person having that name, or a close variation thereof. Maybe I'd heard it before I named the character, and just couldn't remember. But I digress.
The other album is Johnny Hickman's first solo effort, Palmhenge. I'm not sure what I think of it. I like the overall sound (I guess you'd call it "alt-country," although I've never been quite sure what that term actually indicates), but so far, none of the songs have really grabbed me. I'm disappointed that it doesn't include that "Costco Socks" song that Johnny did when I saw him live. Oh, well. It's different from Cracker (even the Cracker songs that Johnny wrote), but it's pretty good in its own way.
EDIT: Oh, I almost forgot. Today is L. Frank Baum's birthday. If he were still alive, he would have turned 149.
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Date: 2005-05-15 11:42 pm (UTC)Ah -- I actually haven't ever gotten around to watching that. I've got the album, and I love the music side of it, but never threw in the video side of it. But I think that'd make sense, and sort of explain, say, the difference between The Handsome Family and normal Country. Since it's pretty clear that there's Some Sort Of Intangiable Quality that makes them different than most Real Country, and it's not just the drum machine. (But, yeah, I'd hope that Johnny's more cerebral/traditional than what's on CC Country stations, since, well, it'd basically be hard to not to be, heh. Jesus, that stuff is _awful_.)