| Vertical Scratchers / Daughter Of Everything |
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| Album: | Daughter Of Everything | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Vertical Scratchers | Added: | Mar 2014 | |
| Label: | Merge Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-03-21 | Pull Date: | 2014-05-23 |
| Week Ending: | May 25 | May 18 | May 11 | May 4 | Apr 27 | Apr 20 | Apr 13 | Apr 6 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 09, 2015: | Shytown: Ode to Rain My Only Want | 4. | May 21, 2014: | Meow After Midnight Way Out | |
| 2. | Feb 02, 2015: | Shytown Turn Me Out | 5. | May 17, 2014: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Wait No Longer | |
| 3. | Jan 01, 2015: | Meow: The Best Of 2014 U Dug Us All | 6. | May 11, 2014: | Paly Radio Pretend U Are Free |
| Album Review |
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| Alejandra Salazar Reviewed 2014-03-18 | ||
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Vertical Scratchers Daughter of Everything, 2014 This album moves fast. Like, whiplash fast, with an average track length of ~2 minutes and abrupt tonal shifts that keep you on your toes when you listen through. There are some stand out gems in here, though--when they slow it down, it's especially phenomenal. Lots of strumming, lo-fi guitar, lots of high-pitched vocals, lots of tone shifts and harmonies. Pretty solid album. No FCCs. 1. (1:11) Really catchy, really short burst of lo-fi energy. 2. (1:45) Starts percussion heavy, much faster pace. Whimsical vocals start to overlap in the latter half; build up of static noise. 3. *(2:08) Feels like an extension of track 2. The chorus hits some really nice high notes (my best description of the pitch changes is something like "aaa-AA-aaaah") 4. *(3:43) Nice dreamy vocals--the inclusion of "oooh"s is actually kind of beautiful, along with some tinkling bell/music box sound bites and cymbal clashes in there. Driven by a slow, sleepy drum beat and deep bass. 5. (1:49) Foot tapping kind of catchy, whirring guitars are a really nice driving melody. 6. (2:27) Has some vocalizing at the opening that I wasn't feeling too much (it makes the overall effect feel like two songs strung together into one), but there's some really cool repetition/reverb closer to the end. 7. *(2:47) Ethereal, echoed guitar strumming starts low and builds up really nicely. Incredibly chilled out track, one of the slowest paced on the album. Pretty solid. 8. *(1:54) Moves fast and plays out like an intense, two-minute garage dance party. 9. (2:17) Feels kinda trancey, with a really cool burst of built up lo-fi guitar in the latter half of the song that was just waiting to overshadow vocals for the entire song. 10. (1:55) This one's just a bit off; it feels very patch-worked and kinda winds you up because of it. Goes from slow to fast to slow to really slow to fast again in the span of two minutes. 11. (1:37) Fast paced guitar and drums open with burst of energy that keeps going throughout. 12. (1:55) Whoa--instead of token falsettos there's a slightly reverbed deep voice that, coupled with the guitars, makes me think some Western influence went into this one. 13. *(1:43) Opens with some nice Spanish/Tango influenced lo-fi guitar. The vocals are placed forefront/even isolated sometimes and work autonomously next to the guitar. 14. *(2:24) Really slow, dreamy high vocals and acoustic-sounding guitar work. Some nice reverb and harmonies make their way into the latter half. 15. (2:13) If I could understand the lyrics, I'd want to sing along. Very catchy. Feels like a victorious run to the finish line. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Wait No Longer | 8. | Kingdom Come | |||
| 2. | Turn Me Out | 9. | Someone | |||
| 3. | Memory Shards | 10. | Run Around | |||
| 4. | Pretend U Are Free | 11. | These Plains | |||
| 5. | Way Out | 12. | Get Along Like U | |||
| 6. | Chambermaids | 13. | My Only Want | |||
| 7. | U Dug Us All | 14. | Rainbows | |||
| 15. | The End | |||||