Speak / Speak
| Album: | Speak | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Speak | Added: | Jun 2010 | |
| Label: | Origin Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-09-05 | Pull Date: | 2010-11-07 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 7 | Oct 3 | Sep 26 | Sep 19 | Sep 12 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 03, 2010: | public noize racket
Amalgam In The Middle |
4. | Sep 15, 2010: | Chopped Liver
Mustard Knuckles |
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| 2. | Oct 02, 2010: | Music Casserole
Litany Split |
5. | Sep 09, 2010: | Memory Select
Polypockets |
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| 3. | Sep 21, 2010: | No Cover, No Minimum
Amalgam In The Middle |
6. | Sep 08, 2010: | Chopped Liver
Mustard Knuckles |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-09-05
Reviewed 2010-09-05
SPEAK: Speak
Origin, 2010
POSTMODERN JAZZ – Powerful, futuristic quintet out of Seattle (including Cuong Vu on trumpet) brings heavy doses of rock bombast, well-placed electronic distortion and a little bit of avant-garde noise to six off-kilter jazz tunes. And they do it very nicely, keeping things fresh and engaging while holding the noodling and posturing to a minimum. Lots of bands go for this sound now, but few are this good.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4
1. 6:53 – propulsive: builds to smashing climax, then settles into oblique lines
2. 8:10 – melody flows nicely; solos drift across a broad, technicolor plain
3. 9:41 – brisk, unrelenting cycles broken up by scribbled sax, psycho trumpet
4. 9:23 – rises from moody quiet to a chunky stomp, turns calm, heroic ending
5. 5:58 – starts angular and jazzy; then screeching noise over thudding chords
6. 4:57 – very slow with heavy atmosphere, builds up, unresolved ending
[ Fo ] 09/05/10
Origin, 2010
POSTMODERN JAZZ – Powerful, futuristic quintet out of Seattle (including Cuong Vu on trumpet) brings heavy doses of rock bombast, well-placed electronic distortion and a little bit of avant-garde noise to six off-kilter jazz tunes. And they do it very nicely, keeping things fresh and engaging while holding the noodling and posturing to a minimum. Lots of bands go for this sound now, but few are this good.
Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4
1. 6:53 – propulsive: builds to smashing climax, then settles into oblique lines
2. 8:10 – melody flows nicely; solos drift across a broad, technicolor plain
3. 9:41 – brisk, unrelenting cycles broken up by scribbled sax, psycho trumpet
4. 9:23 – rises from moody quiet to a chunky stomp, turns calm, heroic ending
5. 5:58 – starts angular and jazzy; then screeching noise over thudding chords
6. 4:57 – very slow with heavy atmosphere, builds up, unresolved ending
[ Fo ] 09/05/10
Track Listing
| 1. | Amalgam In The Middle | 4. | Mustard Knuckles | |||
| 2. | People Or Cats | 5. | Pure Hatred | |||
| 3. | Polypockets | 6. | Litany Split |