| D.W. Holiday / Technical Difficulties, Under |
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| Album: | Technical Difficulties, Under | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | D.W. Holiday | Added: | Aug 2004 | |
| Label: | Three Ring Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-09-27 | Pull Date: | 2004-11-29 |
| Week Ending: | Nov 14 | Oct 31 | Oct 17 | Oct 10 | Oct 3 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 16, 2004: | Fiction Romance 30 Cans | 4. | Oct 14, 2004: | Fiction Romance Cowpoke | |
| 2. | Nov 09, 2004: | All This - And Mor: The Events of Nov. 2nd No Diving | 5. | Oct 11, 2004: | Not the City Council! 30 Cans | |
| 3. | Oct 26, 2004: | Storytime!--Kitchfest! Cowpoke | 6. | Oct 07, 2004: | Fiction Romance Winter |
| Album Review |
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| Murray Reviewed 2004-09-01 | ||
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Druggy, dynamic pop. Debut from this local act that's been around for 10 years. Male vocals, guitars & electronics; real & synthetic percussion. Like Tex La Homa, they maintain a subtly threatening & heavy emotional undercurrent beneath a gentle, pretty, approachable surface. Many songs blend into each other, but not in a way that interferes with single-song play. Headphones, eyes-closed music. Track 8 is totally Pink Floyd. Band has two singers & songwriters; one lives in SF, the other in Minneapolis. They each front their own D.W. Holiday. Odd but true. Start with 2, 6, 7 on air although if you have the time, close your eyes and take in the whole thing. No FCCs. 1. Slow. Starts with very minimal & slow snare & kick. Minimal & spooky ballad. Ends with minimal arpeggio denouement. ==> 2. Mid-tempo. The big hit -- soft/loud, highly dynamic, vaguely/darkly erotic lyrics. Starts with drum hits, then noise guitar. Ends with several secs of soft tambourine, which goes into next song. 3. Slow. Starts with ~30 seconds of very minimal tambourine and electronics. Then very echo-ey voice. Quiet. 4. Slow. Starts with piano & electronics. No percussion. Telephone vox. Slows down like record spinning down at end. 5. Slow. Dreamy. More telephone vox. Electronics. Soft, Jungle-speed Percussion comes in about a minute in. Angelic synth chorus toward end. Ends with heartbeat-like percussion that goes into next song. ==> 6. Slow. Dark, synthetic, minimalist pop. No vox for first minute. Then half-whispered, falsetto vocals. Spacey. Reminds me of John Lennon & David Bowie--both in a good way. ==> 7. Mid-slow. A space-love song with synths and trumpets. 8. Slow. Vibes & vocals. Very gripping and evocative for such a very minimal song. Beautiful. Pink-Floydesque especially during chorus. 8.5. Hidden track. Two minutes of spoken word strangeness -- actually in negative countdown between track 8 and track 9; you need to go to 9 and then rewind to get this track. 9. Unlisted track. Bluegrass dada. Wacky. Just over a minute long. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | No Diving | 5. | Push Play | |||
| 2. | Cowpoke | 6. | Auburn Skies | |||
| 3. | Winter | 7. | 30 Cans | |||
| 4. | Rduit | 8. | The Saddest Day |