| Zapruder, Michael / Pink Thunder |
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| Album: | Pink Thunder | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Zapruder, Michael | Added: | Feb 2013 | |
| Label: | Black Ocean | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-02-26 | Pull Date: | 2013-04-28 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 21 | Mar 31 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 15, 2013: | "no way to say" 0011 Last Words | 3. | Feb 20, 2013: | The Red Wheelbarrow Word, Civics, My Grandmother, That You Go On, Storm Window, Birdman, Fall, Florida, Calmly Grass Becomes A Wave, Opera | |
| 2. | Mar 30, 2013: | Music Casserole At Play In My Garden On A Sunday Morning | ||||
| Album Review |
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| HYPRK Reviewed 2013-02-25 | ||
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Fantastic project from Oakland singer-songwriter Michael Zapruder, featuring 23 poets and 30+ musicians. Inspired by a week Zapruder spent riding the Wave Books Poetry Bus around the American South. Takes “spoken-word” poetry to new heights with careful craft and amazing musicianship. Originally released accompanying Zapruder’s highly-acclaimed book of poems and drawings. FCC: 1, 4, 5 1. FCC Smooth blurred-out singing and bluesy instrumentation accompanying a poem called “Boobs are Real.” *2. Midtempo acoustic guitar and D.A. Powell crooning. RIYL Elliott Smith. *3. Midtempo, sparse guitarwork with great percussion. Mechanical sounding. 4. FCC Dreamy, with lutes, ukulele. 5. FCC Strummy Wilco-rock. 6. Gentle piano ballad. 7. Lush acoustic number. Reminds me a lot of Elliott Smith. 8. Bright and sunny, almost poppy, with electric guitar and a nice full sound. *9. Somber flutes, smooth pleasant vocals. Great melodies. 10. A bit more “traditionally-sounding” spoken word. Slow and deliberate with a bit of xylophone and some electric guitar. *11. Great orchestral intro leads into a cheerful reading of a Mary Ruefile poem. 12. Slow, brooding. *13. Far-out poem with a really interesting xylophone accompaniment. Explodes into a traditional rock number at the end. 14. Shimmery, slow and deliberate. Lots of moody backing vocals. 15. Slow ballad with gentle strings. 16. Slow, layered opera vocals. *17. Leisurely spoken word with a subdued brass section. Great vocals. *18. Mashup of acapella singing, xylophone, and snippits of a fierce drum breakbeat. Switches back and forth between each different style—definitely a standout track. 19. Lighthearted. Vocal harmonies, a bit of a barbershop quartet thing, airy keyboard, and a laughtrack. 20. Deep cello, guitar strumming, slow pained vocals. 21. Bright eyes fans rejoice. Deep and soul-churning. With a great strings part. 22. Midtempo rock with innumerable instrumental layers and a full sound. | ||
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