Grateful to Burn
General
| Aug 2004
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-10-24
Reviewed 2004-10-24
Gentle, folky pop with lots of lush instrumental touches -- lots of piano (played by leader Andy Grooms), occasional trumpet, lots of acoustic guitars. Really nice stuff with a modern sound that borrows from lots of old musical traditions. Leaves you feeling pretty good. Grooms' vocals are melancholy, but he doesn't take himself too seriously.
Interesting band name: "Andy Grooms Living Room." It sounds like there should be an apostrophe in "Grooms," but there isn't -- Andy's surname is plural/possessive all by itself.
1- Gloopy and spacey; uncharacteristic
2- Midtempo and gentle, with a playful stomping beat
3- Stormy and theatrical
4- Midtempo and pleasant, a quaint Dixie-folk air
5- Strong midtempo sadness. Delicate chamber music intro.
6- Fast waltz. Suddenly crunchy and loud at the end.
7- Cool and slow, with loungy trumpet
8- Jazzy and sly, with a thumping beat and fast-patter vocals
9- Midtempo, a sad feel. Spacey instrumental at the end, segues into:
10- Slow folk ballad
11- A rolling character drama, like a less gritty Tom Waits
12- Dirge-like but pleasant, a nice closer
Interesting band name: "Andy Grooms Living Room." It sounds like there should be an apostrophe in "Grooms," but there isn't -- Andy's surname is plural/possessive all by itself.
1- Gloopy and spacey; uncharacteristic
2- Midtempo and gentle, with a playful stomping beat
3- Stormy and theatrical
4- Midtempo and pleasant, a quaint Dixie-folk air
5- Strong midtempo sadness. Delicate chamber music intro.
6- Fast waltz. Suddenly crunchy and loud at the end.
7- Cool and slow, with loungy trumpet
8- Jazzy and sly, with a thumping beat and fast-patter vocals
9- Midtempo, a sad feel. Spacey instrumental at the end, segues into:
10- Slow folk ballad
11- A rolling character drama, like a less gritty Tom Waits
12- Dirge-like but pleasant, a nice closer
Recent airplay
Keep It on the Road
Memory Select (Parts 1 & 2) — Jan 07, 2005
Mary or Mephisto
Sunday Morning — Jan 02, 2005
Mary or Mephisto
Storytime! --Sick — Dec 07, 2004
Mary or Mephisto
Fiction Romance - Thanksgiving Marathon — Nov 25, 2004
Mary or Mephisto
Storytime! — Nov 23, 2004
Mary or Mephisto
Lick my moody guitar show — Nov 16, 2004
Charting
2004-11-15 — 2005-01-17
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 9 | 2 |
| Dec 12 | 1 |
| Nov 28 | 2 |
| Nov 21 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | One Billion Anonymous Poets | ||
| 2. | Mary or Mephisto | ||
| 3. | Decadent Eyes | ||
| 4. | I'm not So Sad | ||
| 5. | Grateful to Burn | ||
| 6. | Boy in the Bubble | ||
| 7. | Constant Reminder | ||
| 8. | Keep It on the Road | ||
| 9. | Nobody Knows | ||
| 10. | The Great Headlight | ||
| 11. | Itch to Scratch | ||
| 12. | Master of the Late Night |