Search - Curtains :: Calamity

Solid release by ex-member of Deerhoof

Joe | 02/18/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this record before hearing any of the songs because I read that it was a cross between the best of Brian Wilson, The Vaselines, and Beat Happening. In my mind, I had what this would sound like perfectly mapped out. When I bought the album (on vinyl), it didn't initially meet the template I had constructed in my head. I was disappointed. Then I listened again the next day and found myself really digging it. It has a really cool lo-fi sound while still having good production quality (if that makes any sense). It's one of those warm sounding records that wash over you...even on the faster songs. I don't think there was a need to include a lyric sheet because taken outside the context of the songs, they don't really stand on their own as much. It's kind of fun looking at them later after you've thouroughly digested the music, to see how they used really interesting melodies to say just a few abstract words. Definitely worth getting. Don't expect Deerhoof, don't expect anything, just listen."