Cline, Nels Singers / Draw Breath
| Album: | Draw Breath | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Cline, Nels Singers | Added: | Jun 2007 | |
| Label: | Cryptogramophone | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-06-24 | Pull Date: | 2007-08-26 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 26 | Aug 19 | Aug 5 | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 01, 2024: | Some Songs Without Words
Attempted |
4. | Mar 20, 2009: | Memory Select
Attempted |
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| 2. | Oct 04, 2013: | Fight or Flight
Caved-In Heart Blues |
5. | Feb 01, 2008: | Memory Select
Squirrel Of God |
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| 3. | Oct 21, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop
The Angel Of Angels |
6. | Aug 24, 2007: | Memory Select: sfSound and Webern
Attempted |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-06-23
Reviewed 2007-06-23
NELS CLINE SINGERS: Draw Breath
Cryptogramophone, 2007
Monster guitarist’s trio with top Bay Area improvisers Scott Amendola & Devin Hoff. Supple and aggressive, they thrash with ear-splitting intensity, then seamlessly switch to quiet murmurings, folksy musings or chugging rock. Wilco’s Glenn Kotche guests on track 9.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 4 go way out; 1, 6 are non-threatening; 9 is just strange
1. 6:50 – dark & moody: heavy bass like a tolling bell, slow bluesy guitar
2. 8:47 – uptempo, twisted jazz riffing, quiet break, impenetrable wall of guitar, fast bass solo, huge crashes, turbulence, chugging ending
3. 4:11 – uptempo, thumping rock into bowed bass solo, guitar heroics
4. 15:59 – broad soundscape: wanders through metallic rattles & shimmies, quiet burblings, harsh electronics, smashing freakouts, slow metal
5. 6:13 – relaxed, moody ballad, a bit folksy; sounds like backing to lyrics
6. 4:06 – mellow acoustic meanderings through several melodic ideas
7. 14:50 – 1st half is a steady uptempo jam (watch out for silent break), then quiet electronic burbling slowly grows into chugging rock
8. 3:37 – slow acoustic musings
9. 8:18 – quiet pulse, then psychedelic atmospherics, with groaning bass & tinkly accents, oddball effects; powerful pop-like bit near the end
[ Fo ] 23-Jun-07
Cryptogramophone, 2007
Monster guitarist’s trio with top Bay Area improvisers Scott Amendola & Devin Hoff. Supple and aggressive, they thrash with ear-splitting intensity, then seamlessly switch to quiet murmurings, folksy musings or chugging rock. Wilco’s Glenn Kotche guests on track 9.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 4 go way out; 1, 6 are non-threatening; 9 is just strange
1. 6:50 – dark & moody: heavy bass like a tolling bell, slow bluesy guitar
2. 8:47 – uptempo, twisted jazz riffing, quiet break, impenetrable wall of guitar, fast bass solo, huge crashes, turbulence, chugging ending
3. 4:11 – uptempo, thumping rock into bowed bass solo, guitar heroics
4. 15:59 – broad soundscape: wanders through metallic rattles & shimmies, quiet burblings, harsh electronics, smashing freakouts, slow metal
5. 6:13 – relaxed, moody ballad, a bit folksy; sounds like backing to lyrics
6. 4:06 – mellow acoustic meanderings through several melodic ideas
7. 14:50 – 1st half is a steady uptempo jam (watch out for silent break), then quiet electronic burbling slowly grows into chugging rock
8. 3:37 – slow acoustic musings
9. 8:18 – quiet pulse, then psychedelic atmospherics, with groaning bass & tinkly accents, oddball effects; powerful pop-like bit near the end
[ Fo ] 23-Jun-07
Track Listing
| 1. | Caved-In Heart Blues | 6. | Recognize I | |||
| 2. | Attempted | 7. | Mixed Message | |||
| 3. | Confection | 8. | Recognize II | |||
| 4. | An Evening At Pops' | 9. | Squirrel Of God | |||
| 5. | The Angel Of Angels | . |