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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Thee More Shallows
t i t l e : More Deep Cuts
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Monotreme Records
g e n r e : Lo-Fi
r l s. d a t e : nov-21-2004
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 69,9 MB
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"When Thee More Shallows' debut came out a few years ago, its
delicate whimsy caused it to pretty much live in my CD player
for a hell of a long time. Since then the wait for the follow
up has seemed endless and nerve racking. Could they really
manage to make an album that was as good as 'A History of Sport
Fishing' again? So when the wait was finally over and a copy of
the new album 'More Deep Cuts' arrived on my door mat, it was a
good few days before I dared listen to it for fear of
disappointment. As it turns out my fears were thankfully
unfounded.
With 'More Deep Cuts' we have a collection of intelligent,
thoughtful songs inflected with wit and poetry. Musically Thee
More Shallows pour together strings, guitars and programmatic
noises and beats to form what is some of the most absorbing
music currently being made. What this record shows is that 'A
History of Sport Fishing' was very much the beginning of what
Thee More Shallows has to offer. The collection of songs
present on 'More Deep Cuts' is truly an example of their best
work to date. From the moment it begins with a bizarre
gradually accelerating programmed beat you know this is
different. Songs of paranoia, loneliness and mass graves are
abound but they are each so beautifully conveyed you find
yourself submerged in a hazy, contented state, and with
'Freshman Thesis' we have Thee More Shallows crowning glory so
far. A song full of downtrodden bitterness that starts off
whispering in your ear like a conspiracy you shouldn't be part
of, and ends in distorted pounding fuzz. The lyrics to this and
every song always help to elevate the music as well. Just
listen to the immaculate and minute observations present here
and it is clear that you are in the present of true
storytellers.
I really can't express how much I love this record. It serves
as a document as to what everything about an album should be. A
remarkable achievement."
-Luke Drozd, Tasty Fanzine, September 2004
"Whoooosh, this is glowing, this is uplifting, this is an utter
heartwarming treasure, this is one of the most beautiful set of
songs for a long long time. More Deep Cuts is wonderful, More
Deep Cuts is shiver after shiver up and down the spine -
glowing mellotron flavoured beauty from San Francisco. More
Deep Cuts is an album that wraps you up in it sheer soothing
glowing glorious beauty - so so vibrant and unfolding and like
the trees breaking out to green and the sun coming up and
everything that's good about breathing. Thee More Shallows are
far more than the sum of there flavours but let us just throw a
few names in here and talk of Godspeed You Black Emperor and
Granddaddy and Yo La Tengo, Map, Arab On Radar, Remy Zero and
Mercury Rev..... Every song takes you a little step further,
every new song is the best on the album until the one after it
comes along. Magical strings and horns, More Deep Cuts just
never stops glowing - it's delicate, it's retrained, it's
beautiful, it's heartwarming (and yeah, I'm going over the top
but I really couldn't care, we're talking about music here -
this is why we do this, searching out the treasures that move
us and excite us and invigorate us. If we can't get excited
about wonderful things like this then there's no point in doing
this Organ thing). Warm glowing harmonies, 'technicolour-blue
vocal melodies'. Restrained Piano, French horns, glowing
glowing orchestral strings, beautiful calm restrained chaos -
just so so compelling (have you worked out that we quite like
it yet?). One of the most beautifully rewarding albums you'll
hear this year - do make the effort to find it, its special."
- Sean 0., Organ Art Magazine (Album of the Week), September
20, 2004
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01-Post-Present [01:39]
02-Pre-Present [03:30]
03-Freshman Thesis [05:02]
04-- Int - [02:19]
05-Ave Grave [02:43]
06-Cold Dis [00:54]
07-Cloisterphobia [04:31]
08-2 AM [04:52]
09-- Int - [01:33]
10-Walk of Shame [05:34]
11-Ask Me About Jon Stross [04:05]
12-House Break [03:20]
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40:02 min
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