Metal Alvin / Metal Alvin
Album: Metal Alvin   Collection:General
Artist:Metal Alvin   Added:Apr 2012
Label:Blonde Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-05-12 Pull Date: 2012-07-15
Week Ending: Jul 15 Jul 1 Jun 17 Jun 3 May 27 May 20
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 10, 2012: Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Water Silver
4. Jun 01, 2012: Lost Verses
Water Silver
2. Jun 26, 2012: Meow
Water Silver
5. May 23, 2012: Brownian Motion
Moon
3. Jun 13, 2012: Brownian Motion
Water Silver
6. May 20, 2012: A Family Affair
Rain And Shine

Album Review
Adam Pearson
Reviewed 2012-05-01
Desolate, bedroom “shoegaze.” Goth? Guitar-centric, female vocalist, cough syrup, field recordings, lo-fi, noisy, slow, dark material. Mostly short tracks that can be squeezed into a lot of different sets. I think a lot of the songs are in the same key, it’s kind of weird and soothing. RIYL Jessica Bailiff, Christina Carter, Jason Molina, maybe S, even old Cat Power? FCC on track 4.

*1. Found sounds give way to slow, psychedelic, melodic pound. (2:09)
2. Dramatic vocal shriek, slow uneasiness. (1:56)
3. Dark, bent distortion. Creepy and good. (2:18)
4. multiple FCCs (1:51)
5. Rhythm changes halfway through, vocal acrobatics. (2:49)
*6. Slow, mucky, backwater hypnotic acoustic guitar strum and gentle vocals. (3:25)
7. Sailing and rowing imagery, high vocal pierce. (2:17)
*8. Interesting (poly)rhythm and lots of vocal layers. Strange and warm. (2:04)
9. Slowcore guitar with some nice violin(?) in second half. (3:34)
*10. Distorted vocals, angsty. (2:43)
11. Warm and fuzzy with a mechanical loop. (1:43)
*12. Howling pretty vocals over rumbling and acoustic strum. (2:10)
13. Dreamy and seeps into distance. (4:06)
14. Shimmery bendy keyboard tones. (2:25)
15. Renaissance fair banjo instrumental. (1:58)
16. Relaxing sounds of thunder and field recordings. Ends with child/adult duet of “You Are My Sunshine.” (2:56)

Track Listing
1. Water Silver   9. Body
2. Breaking   10. I Do
3. Roar   11. Stacked
4. Long Story Short   12. The Howling
5. How Are You?   13. Lost Animals
6. Moon   14. Heart Beats Thunder
7. At Bay   15. Shoreside
8. La Huesera   16. Rain And Shine