Track Listings (17) - Disc #1| All Artists: Music Tapes Title: 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Merge Records Original Release Date: 7/6/1999 Re-Release Date: 7/13/1999 Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock Style: Indie & Lo-Fi Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 036172945825 |
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 | Music Tapes 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
The Music Tapes are guaranteed to either enchant or annoy, and very few people will remain undecided. Those who do may get depressed. At first listen, the Music Tapes' First Imaginary Symphony for Nomad sounds like The Sim... more » |
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Amazon.com The Music Tapes are guaranteed to either enchant or annoy, and very few people will remain undecided. Those who do may get depressed. At first listen, the Music Tapes' First Imaginary Symphony for Nomad sounds like The Simpsons' Rod and Todd Flanders recording a concept album on a boombox. The wounded vocals and lo-fi demeanor won't be erupting out of clubs anytime soon, but repeated listens bring an interesting, slightly eerie sound out over their many dubbed tracks. There's a theme of nervous childhood terror running through all the tracks and the more abrasive sonic talons that rake across the speakers are offset by tracks like the Yellow Submarine-ish "March of the Father Fists" and the brilliantly daffy "What the Single Made the Needle Sing." Fans of Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair's darker moments are urged to pay special attention to this band, the strangest in the Elephant 6 collective. --Jason Josephes Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsBrilliance in Seclusion Blackberries | PA | 11/15/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Length - 41:39Complexity mired in dreamy obfuscation palled by chamber pop excursions shadowed under alienated childhood experiences renders 1st Imaginary Symphony for Nomad, an incredible, emotive collage of musical palpitations and transcendental imagination. The seemingly terse 41 minutes of aural estrangement is, in fact, a very long, spirally road traversing the aforementioned realms of sadness and despair with an eerie optimism. To coalesce efflorescent pop with a concept as in-depth and bizarre as the one created by the Music Tapes is nothing short of a miracle. This album is an incredible accomplishment in terms of music and art, a genuine work of pleasing melodies and offsetting stories held together by a remote, yet radiating warmth and compassion. People inured to mainstream, by-the-book music will likely be unresponsive to this record, so I implore you, like the previous reviewers, to keep an open mind and an open heart while experiencing this. Let it seep in, and you will have a new appreciation for this other-worldly music. (In addition to the album, the magnificent packaging includes a comic book, a strange cardboard standup piece and a list of other 1999 summer/fall merge records releases)" This is a great album Christopher J. Healey | Sydney | 03/24/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "I am a sucker for the odd ball side of music. Elephant 6 just happens to be possee of people who manage to cater to my aural desires. I have owned this album for a couple of years and after a slow start have finally conceded defeat. Music tapes won. I reckon I tried not to like this album , it was weird and alien track 12 and 13 seemed to go on too long at first . But what they do is lull you, meander along over stay their welcome for good reasons, to set you up for the emotional finale . The first time i heard the album the end of it made me teary .No joke , and I was never a real superman fan , I much prefered batman. The sounds fit together almost seemlessly ( which is a huge effort) the tunes are as catchy as hell and the sound collages are a delight . The album gets a cofident 5 stars." Good cd.. tape famousexplorer | Dallas, TX United States | 06/05/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is one of those lofi masterpieces, where the use of seemingly beatup analog recording equipment makes for a luscious and incredible sound, best heard at high volume with pretty good speakers - that way you can hear the details. If you get a chance to listen to it, the best tunes are tracks 1, 6 and 12."
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