Wanting, The
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| Nov 2011
Reviews
Adam Pearson
Reviewed 2012-02-20
Reviewed 2012-02-20
Solo instrumental acoustic guitar hypnotism. Guitar sounds range from acoustic steel guitar, six-string, bottleneck 10-string, and 5-string open-back banjo. Certainly brings Fahey, Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Tompkins Square, et al. to mind. Songs are multi-part, visual journeys with great guitar textures. All tracks melodic, yet challenging and unique. Pretty stuff from the Takoma School of folk to break up your music set.
*1. Warm, sprightly spring morning. (8:05)
2. Forward jaunt with some more strumming. (4:58)
3. Banjo dark sweep. (2:53)
*4. Lazy, pretty feel. (5:24)
5. Lots of slide guit, old-time bluesy feel. (4:30)
*6. Dreamy slow harmonic tones, arpeggi, and strums. (5:20)
7. Upbeat bumpkin. (1:31)
*8. Sunny, bobby, rootsy, moonshine Blackshaw. (7:27)
9. Cool slammed syncopation. (4:26)
10. Lovely banjo chords. (2:07)
11. Experimental, varying percussion and cymbals throughout, urgent drive, and more processing, effects, tape manipulations. (17:48)
*1. Warm, sprightly spring morning. (8:05)
2. Forward jaunt with some more strumming. (4:58)
3. Banjo dark sweep. (2:53)
*4. Lazy, pretty feel. (5:24)
5. Lots of slide guit, old-time bluesy feel. (4:30)
*6. Dreamy slow harmonic tones, arpeggi, and strums. (5:20)
7. Upbeat bumpkin. (1:31)
*8. Sunny, bobby, rootsy, moonshine Blackshaw. (7:27)
9. Cool slammed syncopation. (4:26)
10. Lovely banjo chords. (2:07)
11. Experimental, varying percussion and cymbals throughout, urgent drive, and more processing, effects, tape manipulations. (17:48)
Recent airplay
A Snapshot Of Mom, Scotland 1957
Home Free — May 14, 2013
Menotomy River Blues
Nathin' To Do — Apr 12, 2012
My Charlotte Blue Notebook
The Fall of Math — Apr 12, 2012
My Charlotte Blue Notebook
Maximum Entropy II — Mar 22, 2012
Anchor Chain Blues
The Songsmith Show — Mar 15, 2012
My Charlotte Blue Notebook
maximum entropy ii — Mar 15, 2012
Charting
2012-02-25 — 2012-04-28
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Apr 15 | 2 |
| Mar 25 | 1 |
| Mar 18 | 3 |
| Mar 4 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | A Snapshot Of Mom, Scotland 1957 | ||
| 2. | The Great Pacific Northwest | ||
| 3. | The Great Swamp Way Rout | ||
| 4. | Anchor Chain Blues | ||
| 5. | Even To Win Is To Fail | ||
| 6. | My Charlotte Blue Notebook | ||
| 7. | Menotomy River Blues | ||
| 8. | Of Its Own Kind | ||
| 9. | The Wanting | ||
| 10. | Twenty-Three Years In Happy Valley, Or Love Among The Chickenshit | ||
| 11. | The Orca Grande Cement Factory At Victorville |