Drunken Driver/Save Long L, th
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Mor
Reviewed 2004-08-21
Reviewed 2004-08-21
Jay Walk Snail - The Drunken Driver / Save Long Lane
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Lo fi mellow pop with Elliot Smith and Grandaddy as heroes. Jay Walk Snail is Oren Lahav from Israel. Home produced (but still sounds great), quiet and mellow, personal and often boyish/obscure lyrics. There are some beautiful tracks here, check them out!
[Tech note: these are two albums released in one case. Related rant: he shouldn’t have spread himself thin like that; the best moments from both would make one excellent album, the rest could be thrown away...]
Track Listing and picks by album:
Drunken Driver (picks: 3, 7, 1, 4, 10)
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(1) * "Rich" lo-fi: guitars, strings, keyboard, flutes. Catchy line, mid/slow tempo. *
(2) Dream pop feel, slight prog elements, mid tempo.
(3) ** Boyish tune, fun for the entire family! Mid tempo. **
(4) * Sweet tune about Carolina. Sparse keys and distant guitar. Echoes Nirvana’s Unplugged. *
(5) Mid/slow tempo, childish. (6) Heavy on the keys, blurred vox, mid tempo.
(7) ** Charming 1-2-3 accordion pop. Mid/slow tempo. **
(8) Spacey keys, guitars. Mid tempo. (9) Slow, drony, heavy.
(10) * Delicate, slow, piano and guitar strumming, lyrics are mostly repeated "Jaguar". *
Save Long Lane (picks: 2, 15, 19, 20)
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(1) Mid/slow, very characteristic and thus a good opener. Guitars, faint drums, processed vox.
(2) ** Excellent track! Surprisingly rich, slow/mid tempo, great tune, PLAY **
(3) Bouncy bridge, keyboards. (4) Echoed vox, strumming intro. (5) Louder. (6) Quiet, soft picking. (7) Mid/slow, multiplied vox, guitar, gets louder. (8) Mid tempo, bouncy. (9) Slow, steel guitar sound. (10) Slow tempo. (11) Organ-style synths, almost church-like. Slow. (12) Slow/mid. (13) Slow/mid, louder. (14) Mid tempo. (15) * 60’s feel in a 2003 wrapping. Brief. * (16) Slow, drony synths. (17) Mid/slow, piano keyboard. (18) Very short, slow, acoustic guitar. (19) * Drony, synth-heavy, turns into a dark folk tune at –2:10. * (20) * Only dreamy vox and synths. Short, beautiful. *
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Lo fi mellow pop with Elliot Smith and Grandaddy as heroes. Jay Walk Snail is Oren Lahav from Israel. Home produced (but still sounds great), quiet and mellow, personal and often boyish/obscure lyrics. There are some beautiful tracks here, check them out!
[Tech note: these are two albums released in one case. Related rant: he shouldn’t have spread himself thin like that; the best moments from both would make one excellent album, the rest could be thrown away...]
Track Listing and picks by album:
Drunken Driver (picks: 3, 7, 1, 4, 10)
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(1) * "Rich" lo-fi: guitars, strings, keyboard, flutes. Catchy line, mid/slow tempo. *
(2) Dream pop feel, slight prog elements, mid tempo.
(3) ** Boyish tune, fun for the entire family! Mid tempo. **
(4) * Sweet tune about Carolina. Sparse keys and distant guitar. Echoes Nirvana’s Unplugged. *
(5) Mid/slow tempo, childish. (6) Heavy on the keys, blurred vox, mid tempo.
(7) ** Charming 1-2-3 accordion pop. Mid/slow tempo. **
(8) Spacey keys, guitars. Mid tempo. (9) Slow, drony, heavy.
(10) * Delicate, slow, piano and guitar strumming, lyrics are mostly repeated "Jaguar". *
Save Long Lane (picks: 2, 15, 19, 20)
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(1) Mid/slow, very characteristic and thus a good opener. Guitars, faint drums, processed vox.
(2) ** Excellent track! Surprisingly rich, slow/mid tempo, great tune, PLAY **
(3) Bouncy bridge, keyboards. (4) Echoed vox, strumming intro. (5) Louder. (6) Quiet, soft picking. (7) Mid/slow, multiplied vox, guitar, gets louder. (8) Mid tempo, bouncy. (9) Slow, steel guitar sound. (10) Slow tempo. (11) Organ-style synths, almost church-like. Slow. (12) Slow/mid. (13) Slow/mid, louder. (14) Mid tempo. (15) * 60’s feel in a 2003 wrapping. Brief. * (16) Slow, drony synths. (17) Mid/slow, piano keyboard. (18) Very short, slow, acoustic guitar. (19) * Drony, synth-heavy, turns into a dark folk tune at –2:10. * (20) * Only dreamy vox and synths. Short, beautiful. *
Recent airplay
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I Saw Kevin
I once was canadian — May 17, 2006
The Boy Gets Lonely
One Tall Canadian, One Short American — Jun 02, 2005
The Stars Are Bright I See Y
One Tall Canadian — May 26, 2005
I Saw Kevin
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All I Wanted Was to Call Ind
All This and Mor: Best Singles of 2004 — Jan 11, 2005
Charting
2004-09-06 — 2004-11-07
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 7 | 2 |
| Oct 24 | 1 |
| Oct 10 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | 1 |
| Sep 26 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Holly Scott and the Aerial | ||
| 2. | The Grammer Policeman | ||
| 3. | Rocket Boy | ||
| 4. | State of Roxanne | ||
| 5. | My God How About Us | ||
| 6. | The Boy Gets Lonely | ||
| 7. | I Saw Kevin | ||
| 8. | The Stars Are Bright I See Y | ||
| 9. | Cousin Wake Up Workaholic | ||
| 10. | My Jaguar | ||
| 11. | The Stationary | ||
| 12. | All I Wanted Was to Call Ind | ||
| 13. | When My Friends Go Dum Dum D | ||
| 14. | And I See You Come and Go (I | ||
| 15. | Telephone Boy | ||
| 16. | Brave Captain | ||
| 17. | Then Napoleon Starts Trembli | ||
| 18. | Stand Up and Dance | ||
| 19. | J. Kennedy Was Flying Far Be | ||
| 20. | I Won't Call You Tv Anymore | ||
| 21. | Don't Be Like Them, John | ||
| 22. | Government | ||
| 23. | So Sad | ||
| 24. | On the Bus | ||
| 25. | On a Saturday | ||
| 26. | She Will Get the Crowd Off M | ||
| 27. | They Sell Me for the Truth | ||
| 28. | I've Got Your Smile | ||
| 29. | Blue Carnival NO.2/ this Is | ||
| 30. | There's Something Going on W |