Nightjar wrote:

This reminds me of someone other than Neil Young.

Perhaps it's CSNY?

Last track - Gasoline Horseys.

Wild Horses?

The filter's back.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

Nightjar wrote:

This reminds me of someone other than Neil Young.

Lou Reed?

Vocally, yes.

It's the pedal steel and melancholy pacing that makes me think of someone else.

Last one, Gasoline Horseys

SiberianPrincess’sMidriff wrote:

Wild Horses?

Actually, maybe it is The Stones that reminded me of?

Filter removal.

This album cover reminds me of going to Manchester city centre around this time.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

The filter's back.

It might actually have been recorded on a dictaphone rather than just faked, Don't think so though.

Is a 'Gasoline Horsey' just a met-affer for a car?

Lou Reddish?

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

Filter removal.

That was weird.

Nightjar wrote:

Is a 'Gasoline Horsey' just a met-affer for a car?

It makes for a better song title than "Car".

It is over.

It was a pleasant listen but the faster tracks suffered from production blandness.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it.

I shall give it 3 stars.

Over. Dunno what to say. Sounded like something from a bygone age. Not disagreeable, but not very interesting either.

That was a bit of a smudgy blur of inoffensive grunge-lite.

Not my crockpot of c*ck-a-leekie, but hardly awful.

A slightly mean dos equis from me.

Well, that really was not what I was expecting. I've always had it in my mind that Sparklehorse was a hard rock/thrash metal group - but it's mostly very melancholy, sedate, sad, thought-provoking and gentle in its melodies. It also seems to be almost a solo act. It was a fine listen on the whole, though a bit samey and boring at times, more of a relief that it wasn't one big noise all the way through. It was very surprisingly.... nice!

3/5