| Firewater / Man on the Burning Tightr, the |
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| Album: | Man on the Burning Tightr, the | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Firewater | Added: | Oct 2003 | |
| Label: | Jetset Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-12-22 | Pull Date: | 2004-02-23 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 1 | Jan 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 05, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude Too Many Angels | 4. | Jul 01, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude Too Many Angels | |
| 2. | Sep 30, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude at the Circus Too Many Angels | 5. | Apr 07, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude Too Many Angels | |
| 3. | Jul 07, 2004: | Brownian Motion Too Many Angels | 6. | Mar 02, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude Too Much (Is Never Enough) |
| Album Review |
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| Eric K! Reviewed 2003-12-16 | ||
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Firewater combines circus music, Eastern European music, R&B, smoky swing, and cabaret into dark drama. Throaty, histrionic Tod A is backed by a flexible band that brings out all the spookiness and menace of the circus. These unnerving songs are often quite catchy but are so bombastic that a few of them go a long way. Also, there could be much more variation in vocals and overall tone. All the songs are ominous, portentous, and resigned, but somehow I can't figure out the album is quite about. I'm now afraid of Tod A but I can't figure out why he's appropriated the circus to describe some personal drama. Oh yeah, there's an answering machine message from a stalker ex-girlfriend that is spread out between tracks 7-9. If you want to be weird, play this with Mr. Bungle's circus album. Stand-out tracks: 2, 4, 6, 9, 15 1. short circus music intro 2. bouncy, piano-drive, threatening dramatic vocals, very Afghan Whigs 3. flute, organ, R&B summer time feel, reminds me of War, FCC: Fuck 4. draggy, circusy, harsh guitars, resigned lyrics 5. Eastern European feel, sax and accordion 6. very intense, dramatic, crazed circus organ, calliope(?), a cabaret feel, carnie barker vocals 7. Weird answering machinie message from a stalker to funky groove, FCC 8. answering machine message continues, acoustic guitar, vocals sensitive then bombastic, organ background 9. answering machine message concludes, smokey swing, finger-snapping, sax 10. swing instrumental 11. tough vocals, repetitive, intense organ 12. menacing carnival music 13. acoustic guitar, mellotron, spooky, repetitve lyrics 14. manic Eastern European instrumental, short 15. circus instrumental, quoting 1 16. really short (:15) instrumental | ||
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