Farmer Farmer / Fun Machine
Album: Fun Machine   Collection:General
Artist:Farmer Farmer   Added:May 2003
Label:None  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-09-22 Pull Date: 2003-11-24
Week Ending: Oct 19 Oct 5 Sep 28
Airplays: 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 14, 2003: Lick My Moody Guitar show
The Money in France
3. Sep 23, 2003: Tuesday Afternoon Radio Program
A Particular Shape
2. Sep 30, 2003: Lick My Moody Guitar
Summer Hamburger House

Album Review
Gabe
Reviewed 2003-09-22
Back-porch stoner folk-rock. Stream-of-consciousness lyrics recited semi-tunelessly over ramshackle rhythms, simplistic guitar chicken-scratching, and a general oh-screw-it feel to the whole affair. Almost none of the songs are even moderately fast (because that would be too much exertion?). And because/despite those characteristics, it’s sort of charming. This is the kind of album that makes kids (the very few who might hear this) think, “Hey, I can do at least that well … maybe I should start a band”.

CD1
1. Long, quasi-random noise-boogie
2. Resigned, tired sounding
3. Simplest of tunes scratched out barely competently
4. Going all Neil Young with wooo-ooo vocalizing and louder guitars
5. Samples (or tape interjections, more likely) of old crooners, radio announcers over a slow guitar noodle
6. Wow, actual acoustic guitar chords

CD2
1. Scratchy throat added to vocalist’s list of misdeeds
2. A la Culturecide, the vocalist is accompanied by a recording of a real singer
3. Almost-jazzy guitar and amplifier hum accompaniment
4. The one uptempo song – vocals more croony than recitations in other tracks and guitar effects spice up track
5. E-bow guitar over lackluster rhythm
6. Space noodling and spaced-out vox
7. Guitar effects want badly to break into a jam but eventually just peter out

Track Listing
1. The Money in France   7. Strontium Gallery
2. The Abilities   8. Path for a Year
3. Summer Hamburger House   9. Balloonman
4. A Particular Shape   10. Fall Away Home
5. Industry of Saints   11. Medical Tempurature
6. I Have Decided   12. The Way of Lakes
  13. Twilight in the Transformer