Portastatic / Summer of the Shark, the
Album: | Summer of the Shark, the | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Portastatic | Added: | Jun 2003 | |
Label: | Merge Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2003-09-08 | Pull Date: | 2003-11-10 |
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Week Ending: | Nov 9 | Sep 28 | Sep 14 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Nov 05, 2003: | press and release
Oh Come Down |
3. | Sep 09, 2003: | Arabian Nights
Oh Come Down |
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2. | Sep 23, 2003: | Tuesday Afternoon Radio Program
In the Lines |
Album Review
johnn
Reviewed 2003-08-27
Reviewed 2003-08-27
This is the solo project of Mac McCaughan, formerly of Superchunk and co-owner of Merge Records. Songs vary from sad acoustic pop to more rockin’ noisy tracks. At times, the indie rockin’ songs are very similar the Elephant 6 bands. I’m not crazy about this album, but there are still some decent catchy songs here. Note: There is a static-like metronome in tracks 3-13 that may be a CDR encoding glitch. It might be intentional because sometimes it works well, but I’m guessing that this is not what it’s supposed to sound like. 3, 6, 10, 8, 1
1. starts as acoustic duet, then becomes a lazy sweet pure pop song
2. slow acoustic pop with a sad tension that doesn’t ever break
3. catchy and upbeat rock, noisy and fuzzy guitars
4. midtempo groove built around static-y metronome
5. lazy pop with continuing static-y metronome
6. piano, horns, sweet vocals. slow ballad.
7. upbeat, catchy pop song fitting to elephant 6
8. midtempo sad acoustic pop
9. starts as slow acoustic, then becomes upbeat catchy groove
10. catchy midtempo indie rock a la elephant 6.
11. quiet sweet acoustic number
12. lazy acoustic rock song with a lot of falsetto
13. distant piano
1. starts as acoustic duet, then becomes a lazy sweet pure pop song
2. slow acoustic pop with a sad tension that doesn’t ever break
3. catchy and upbeat rock, noisy and fuzzy guitars
4. midtempo groove built around static-y metronome
5. lazy pop with continuing static-y metronome
6. piano, horns, sweet vocals. slow ballad.
7. upbeat, catchy pop song fitting to elephant 6
8. midtempo sad acoustic pop
9. starts as slow acoustic, then becomes upbeat catchy groove
10. catchy midtempo indie rock a la elephant 6.
11. quiet sweet acoustic number
12. lazy acoustic rock song with a lot of falsetto
13. distant piano
Track Listing
1. | Oh Come Down | 7. | Chesapeake | |||
2. | In the Lines | 8. | Noisy Night | |||
3. | Windy Village | 9. | Clay Cakes | |||
4. | Through a Rainy Lens | 10. | Drill Me | |||
5. | Don't Disappear | 11. | Paratrooper | |||
6. | Swimming Through Tires | 12. | Hey Salty |