| Wallace, James & The Naked Light / More Strange News From Another Star |
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| Album: | More Strange News From Another Star | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Wallace, James & The Naked Light | Added: | Jan 2014 | |
| Label: | Dialog Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-01-31 | Pull Date: | 2014-04-04 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 6 | Mar 30 | Mar 23 | Mar 16 | Mar 9 | Mar 2 | Feb 23 | Feb 16 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 10, 2023: | KZSU Time Traveler He'd Like To Hear It Once Again | 4. | Mar 26, 2021: | KZSU Time Traveler Colored Lights | |
| 2. | Nov 04, 2022: | KZSU Time Traveler Colored Lights | 5. | Dec 11, 2020: | KZSU Time Traveler Colored Lights | |
| 3. | Jan 07, 2022: | KZSU Time Traveler He'd Like To Hear It Once Again | 6. | Feb 15, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler He'd Like To Hear It Once Again |
| Album Review |
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| Francis D Reviewed 2014-01-30 | ||
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“More Strange News from Another Star” James Wallace & the Naked Light Quirky, often experimental, really nice indie folk-rock with psych, jazz, blues, and gospel influences. Story-telling style of vocals that at its quirkiest, might take a little getting used to for a traditional folk listener — but should be perfect for our audience! Multiple instruments — from guitar, bass and organ to clarinet and brass, with a really interesting use of rhythms. While it’s hard to pick an artist to compare the band to, there are times you might hear a less-polished Paul Simon, the Grateful Dead or even Edward Sharpe. The project — Wallace’s second album — was originally intended to be released on cassette by an obscure Chinese label, which went belly-up before the album was finished. It was finally released by a U.S. indie label. — Francis Recommended: 4, 7, 2, 3, 5 No FCCs detected. 1. (0:35) This Wind’s Too Cold – Brief intro. Starts with a bell. Street sounds and voices — with toy piano tying it all together. 2. (4:42) Colored Lights – Fun! Quirky. Syncopated rhythm with handclaps, cowbell, brass, and other instruments. Catchy melody with otherworldly, high, nasally vocals. Really grows on you! **** 3. (3:45) Worse Things Have Happened – Starts a cappella. Becomes an indie folk-rock-pop song backed by fingerpicked guitar, which builds over time — adding drums and brass. Mix of traditional and experimental. Nice harmonies. Sax in lead break. Squiggles and spacey synths throughout. *** 4. (3:06) To the River – Intimate love ballad with softly spoken/sung vocals over delicate fingerpicked guitar. Amazing video too! **** 5. (4:58) He’d Like to Hear It Once Again – Another bouncy, fun melody. Folk flavor, but incorporates multiple instruments and complex rhythms. Earnest — if high — lead vocals with delicate female backup vocals. *** 6. (2:46) 4th Dimension or Living in Colorado – No lead vocals. Guitar, banjo, piano, glockenspiel, whistling. Simple sticks for rhythm. Some background vocals. 7. (4:21) The Wire (Reprise)/Kicked Down the Road – Strummy. Mid- to up-tempo. Male lead vocals with gospel-type singers in the background at the start. Tempo shifts 45 seconds in. Layers are added and the song builds to a loud, jammy ending. **** 8. (1:12) Everything Past Mars – Narration with simple drums underneath. 9. (4:49) The Coming (Shark’s Song) – Jazzy-bluesy. Male/female vocals open. Then, moves into a tune with jazzy stylings throughout. A variety of instruments and sounds, from bells to a saxophone. Narration added near end. 10. (3:46) Chopping Block – Country-folk flavor. Fiddle. Picked banjo. Slow shuffle about a hospital patient waiting for his time to die. 11. (1:12) Untitled (Hidden Track) – A coda. All instrumental. Like the end of the movie, with credits running until trail-out. | ||
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