Mendoza Line, the / If They Knew this Was the End
Album: | If They Knew this Was the End | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Mendoza Line, the | Added: | Apr 2003 | |
Label: | Bar/None Records |
Album Review
Stuart
Reviewed 2003-05-04
Reviewed 2003-05-04
Re-issue of band’s first release, with some additional tracks. Mostly indie rock, with some elements of alt.country and pop. Male vocals, guitar, bass, drums, and hints of a few other instruments. Vocals are breathy, dreamy, and restrained. The music tends to drown out the vocals and make the vocals sound hazy. Recommend 1,4,5,11,13.
1 – rural and twangy, drums are fast but soft, vocals almost lo-fi and echoey; most country of any track
2 – med-fast with crunchy guitar
3 – fast, jumpy vocals and guitar
4 – slow, soft guitar, keyboards, breathy drawn-out male and female vocals, lovely horn near end (track 4 blends into track 5, but you can play either track without the other just fine)
5 – folksy, dreamy vocals, simple drum pattern, twangy giddyup beat with linear vocals
6 – med, ringing guitar
7 – simple straightforward indie rock; last 0:15 sudden slowdown
8 – vocals over repetitive guitar
9 – simple crunchy guitar beat
10 – faster
11 – bigger beat, louder spiraling guitars, crisper vocals, more energetic rock
12 – really starts after 30 sec, slow, dreamy, meandering with nice instrumental interlude
13 – med, strummy guitar, bigger drums, crisper vocals, has pulse and energy
14 – simple and cute beat
15 – faster, jumpy, poppy
16 – first half is very slow, sparse, languid, lo-fi background conversation voices with simple twang and drum beat, then last half is med-fast rock
17 – med-fast pop beat with occasional warbly space noises
18 – different version of 7, simple beat
1 – rural and twangy, drums are fast but soft, vocals almost lo-fi and echoey; most country of any track
2 – med-fast with crunchy guitar
3 – fast, jumpy vocals and guitar
4 – slow, soft guitar, keyboards, breathy drawn-out male and female vocals, lovely horn near end (track 4 blends into track 5, but you can play either track without the other just fine)
5 – folksy, dreamy vocals, simple drum pattern, twangy giddyup beat with linear vocals
6 – med, ringing guitar
7 – simple straightforward indie rock; last 0:15 sudden slowdown
8 – vocals over repetitive guitar
9 – simple crunchy guitar beat
10 – faster
11 – bigger beat, louder spiraling guitars, crisper vocals, more energetic rock
12 – really starts after 30 sec, slow, dreamy, meandering with nice instrumental interlude
13 – med, strummy guitar, bigger drums, crisper vocals, has pulse and energy
14 – simple and cute beat
15 – faster, jumpy, poppy
16 – first half is very slow, sparse, languid, lo-fi background conversation voices with simple twang and drum beat, then last half is med-fast rock
17 – med-fast pop beat with occasional warbly space noises
18 – different version of 7, simple beat
Track Listing
1. | I Behaved that Way | 10. | Running with An Older Crowd | |||
2. | Comeback | 11. | Small Town Napoleons | |||
3. | The Seventh Round | 12. | 140 Lbs Doesn't Make | |||
4. | The Aragon and Trianon | 13. | Jefferson | |||
5. | Wiretapping | 14. | Molly, Please Stop | |||
6. | This Charm | 15. | Camera Shy | |||
7. | Dollars to Donuts | 16. | I Never Had a Chance | |||
8. | If You Knew Her As I Know Hr | 17. | Shy Routine | |||
9. | I Know I Will | 18. | Dollars to Donuts Demo |