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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Ambient * Ethereal *
Artist..: Kenny Feinstein
Album...: Loveless / Hurts To Love
GENRE....: Indie
STYLE....: MBV, Folk, Acoustic
LABEL....: Fluff And Gravy SCENE.....: 2015-01-11
BITRATE..: 225 kbps avg STORE.....: 2013-00-00
ENCODER..: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 TRACKS....: 12
SIZE.....: 78.57MB SOURCE....: CD
URL..: http://www.kennyfeinstein.com/
- TRACKLIST
1 Only Shallow 5:00
2 Loomer 3:06
3 Touched 1:50
4 To Here Knows When 4:22
5 When You Sleep 4:09
6 I Only Said 3:51
7 Come In Alone 3:29
8 Sometimes 5:32
9 Blown A Wish 4:00
10 What You Want 4:24
11 Soon 4:59
12 Swallow 3:44
Total Playtime: 48:26
A great cover album not only pays homage to a beloved musician but reimagines
the music itself. And while thereÆs little new about covering My Bloody
Valentine, PortlandÆs Kenny Feinstein has succeeded in adapting the bandÆs
1991 shoegaze landmark Loveless via an extreme rearrangement.
Through the lens of gentle, porch-lit Americana, the Water Tower frontman
explores his favorite record, one he admits listening to every day for a
year. Loveless: Hurts to Love shows an artist so enamored of Kevin Shields
and company that heÆs rendered almost speechless. FeinsteinÆs stark style
could be interpreted as either timidity or respectful nodding, save for the
fact his selection of instrumentsùmandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, dobroùsuggest a
performer confident in his ability to turn his muse on its head.
My Bloody Valentine, known for its barefaced and bar-setting dream rock, has
never sounded so pastoral. Richard Buckner and a few others lend their hands
to the record, but mostly this is FeinsteinÆs baby. His lethargic vocals
shuffle along beside tempered acoustic twang. Opener ôOnly Shallowö offers a
dreamy platform with occasional fits of steely country, while ôI Only Saidö
is a hushed, campfire counterpart to the whirring original. The record is
delicate on the cusp of sleepy now and again, but overall Loveless is a
stirring success, in that it reasserts both My Bloody ValentineÆs importance
and FeinsteinÆs creativity.
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