| Brovold, Bill And Larval / Surviving Death / Alive Why? |
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| Album: | Surviving Death / Alive Why? | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Brovold, Bill And Larval | Added: | Feb 2007 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-10-07 | Pull Date: | 2007-12-09 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 9 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 | Oct 14 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 07, 2007: | Memory Select Last One To Leave | 3. | Nov 11, 2007: | Rorschach's Dance It Was A Puny Plan | |
| 2. | Nov 23, 2007: | Memory Select One Step Forward, Two Steps Back | 4. | Oct 08, 2007: | I <3 Life and Yr Callous Neglect/Refusal Crippled Dance |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2007-09-23 | ||
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Prog: High-energy, with solid, infectious beats and a big sound. Insistent and sometimes harsh guitars, but there's also violin, sax ... a rotating cast of characters. Often in 4/4, in a psych-jam way, but with very much a modern prog attitude/energy, mostly bright and upbeat -- you get the sense that these are jazz guys just having some fun. There's also some crazed avant-garde skronk (either sax or guitar); no wonder John Zorn is a fan. CAST: Bill Brovold: Guitar, most of the songwriting Colin Stetson, Jason Stein, John Evans, Luke McAuley, lotsa others: sax Kurt Zimmerman: Violin James Ilgenfritz III, others: Bass Scott Olzak, Marko Smith, Ryan Kush: Drums & others too numerous to list ... DISK ONE 1- Gently fast 6/8 shuffle. 2- Catchy two-sax line, a strong midtempo beat. Some breezy guitar interludes. 3- Dramatic swirlings, with piano. Slowish, slightly heavy mood. 4- Really fast guitar scribbles underneath slow, regal prog chords. Takes a couple minutes for a blaring intro. Impressive but gets old after about the 7-minute mark. 5- Whoa: Romantic-classical piano. A serious, pretty piece. 6- Mid/fast, a bit sinister. 7- Quirky, quiet riffs; odd arpeggios. A small piece. 8- Psych attack, into midtempo prog with a straight 4/4 beat. Nice drive without going overboard. Second half gets into a nearly funky 7/8 beat, infectious. 9- Quiet guitar lines amid quietly bleating avant-garde sax. A sense of calm, with disorder in the background. DISK TWO 1- Faux chamber music, into pulsing chunky guitars. 2- Easy loping feel, over tense violin riffs. 3- Shuffling biker-bar riff. 4- A bright pop-metal feel, mid/fast with saxes 5- Dark menace, mid/fast. Bit of an exotic jangle. Ends quiet. 6- Grinding one-chord vamp. Gets louder, more distrubed, blurry 7- Abrasive, dissonant, fast. Then a quiet guitar break 8- Big sax ensemble, gets anthemic. Slow, kind of pretty. 9- Evil circus/polka march, mid/fast. 10- An upbeat gloom? Creeping mid/fast goth feel. | ||
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