Coast To Coast Carpet Of Love / Standard Gargoyle Decisions

Pollard, Robert
Merge Records
General | Oct 2007

Reviews

Alma Mahler
Reviewed 2008-07-05
Catchy, guitar-rock pop from this prolific indie songwriter. "Coast to Coast..." is straight power pop, while "Standard Gargoyle Decisions" is the harder rock stuff. Good solid work, yet some of these tracks feel redundant. Very accessible.
FCC 1.12

Disc 1
1)* Nice harmonies, clean rock tune
2) Straight rock guitar and drums, melody softens halfway through
3) Slow tune, lovely vocal work
4)* Pop, bright & catchy
5)** Classic meandering GBV pop
6) Guitar anthem, pretty standard
7)** Great rhythm, full sound, well-rounded song
8)* Melancholic rock anthem
9) Darker, almost ominous tune
10)* Great vocals, bright melody
11) Harder rhythm with some interesting flat tones
12) Very catchy (FCC)
13) Acoustic, 70s rock feel
14)* Opens with drums & driving electric guitar, vocal effects
15) Playful vocals, acoustic guitar. Drums, effects enter ~1:00.
16)* Very catchy pop, soft & sweet breakdown toward end of song

Disc 2
1) Some good guitar stuff on this one
2)* Interesting 70s hair metal sound...breaks to slow more typical Bob stuff
3) Heavy - great drums, echoey vox
4) Upbeat, bluesy rockin' tune.
5) Slightly psychedelic pop tune
6)** Shorty but real goody - just Bob, guitar.
7) Playing at Tom Waits vox
8) Weird rhythms in this one
9)* Stripped down pop rock w/ cool organ riff
10)** Punk rock Bob
11) Slowed down ballad
12)* Meandering, psychedelic rock
13) Rather bland rock tune
14)** Good structure, beats
15) Interesting guitar effects on this one
16)* Sweet lo-fi lullaby
17) Opens with "Spoonful" riff, runs off into fast punky rock

Recent airplay

Dumb Lady
Signal to NoiseAug 12, 2009
Miles Under The Skin
A2Z subNov 27, 2008
Look Is What You Have, Penumbra, Dumb Lady
Volcano RadioAug 13, 2008
Current Desperation (Angels Speak Of Nothing)
Time TravelerAug 05, 2008
Nicely Now
Streams, Highways ReduxAug 05, 2008
Current Desperation (Angels Speak Of Nothing)
Time TravelerJul 29, 2008

Charting

2008-07-13 — 2008-09-14
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 17 2
Aug 10 2
Aug 3 1
Jul 27 2
Jul 20 4

Track listing

1. Our Gaze
2. Count Us In
3. Exactly What Words Mean
4. Current Desperation (Angels Speak Of Nothing)
5. Dumb Lady
6. Rud Fins
7. Customer's Throat
8. Miles Under The Skin
9. Penumbra
10. Slow Hamilton
11. Look Is What You Have
12. I Clap For Strangers
13. Life Of A Wife
14. Youth Leagues
15. When We Were Slaves
16. Nicley Now
17. The Killers
18. Pill Gone Girl
19. Hero Blows The Revolution
20. Psycho-Interia
21. Shadow Port
22. Lay Me Down
23. Butcher Man
24. Motion Sickness Ghosts
25. I In The World
26. Here Comes Garcia
27. The Island Lobby
28. Folded Claws
29. Feel Not Crushed
30. Accusations
31. Don't Trust Anybody
32. Come Here Beautiful
33. Spider Eyes