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Constipated Monkey Smegma
...Presents...
Blanket Music - Cultural Norms
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│ RiPPER.: djn DATE RiPPED..: 01-15-2005 │
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│ ENCOdER: LAME RELEaSE SiZE.: 64,5 MB │
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│ Reminds me of Belle & Sebastian. Here's the Pitchfork │
│ review: │
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│ Blanket Music has always sounded "nice"; that's even the │
│ title of their first album. But as founder/frontman/Hush │
│ label boss Chad Crouch declares, he's sick of being │
│ "nice." Their earlier records subscribed to lush bossa │
│ nova and soothing, acoustic indie rock, cushioning lyrics │
│ that, while smart and witty, never had a victim, and never │
│ broke the peace. Blanket Music was nice, and Crouch has │
│ decided that doesn't play in today's world. │
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│ Crouch opens with both barrels in "You Shouldn't Have Said │
│ That", where he threatens a rock critic over a bad review. │
│ (Chad, point taken-- but John Zorn's "Perfume of a │
│ Critic's Burning Flesh" is, y'know, a catchier track.) But │
│ after that, Blanket Music's third studio album, Cultural │
│ Norms, takes subtler aim at today's "cultural norms", from │
│ the everyday (fat kids, filesharing, Grand Theft Auto) to │
│ the newsworthy: a gay bride or groom waiting to be married │
│ by Gavin Newsom, a soldier's eye view of Bush's │
│ Thanksgiving press op in Iraq. │
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│ Although the lyrics are heavier this time, the music is │
│ even catchier than Move, from "I'm Fat," where the hook │
│ swirls from a Swiss chocolate-flavored accordion, to the │
│ Rhodes and horns on "Guernica". Building on sweet and │
│ simple indie pop in the vein of Belle and Sebastian, │
│ Crouch doesn't let a song go by without a great tune and │
│ swinging arrangement, aided by members of the Portland │
│ indie syndicate including the Decemberists' Chris Funk and │
│ Jenny Conlee, Reclinerland's Michael Johnson on Fender │
│ Rhodes, and best of all, the rhythm section of bassist │
│ Dave Depper and Greg Lind on drums, who bring muscle and │
│ class to Crouch's breezy strumming. │
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│ But if Crouch is sick of "nice," that doesn't mean he's │
│ become nasty-- and his best weapon is his frailest: his │
│ voice, a thin reed that sounds ragged and vulnerable to │
│ the elements. While his vocal style fits the band, his │
│ best moments come when he sings a capella, cooly drawing │
│ you in by singing in a vacuum. Most of the lyrics take the │
│ form of a monologue, and while they're sometimes too │
│ literal or limited by their topicality, they catch the │
│ confusion and doubts of the characters, who never decide │
│ if what they're seeing is wrong. When Crouch is handling │
│ topics as serious as war or as banal as wage-slavery, that │
│ tact is crucial: He never hits you over the head with an │
│ idea, and what better way to bemoan, say, the │
│ trivialization of "Guernica", Picasso's major statement │
│ against facism, than in a song so breezy that you can │
│ dance to it a dozen times without ever hearing the lyrics? │
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│ Crouch understands the difference between getting in │
│ people's faces, and inviting them to come to him. This │
│ style of indie pop often takes the latter route, making it │
│ easy to overlook but that much more seductive. Maybe │
│ Crouch feels that in his nicer, earlier days he didn't │
│ work hard enough for the limelight, but he easily could │
│ have erred in the other direction by pitching headlong │
│ into the cultural wars. Instead, he found a perfect │
│ balance, and this is his most compelling album. │
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│ │ # │ Track Name │ Time │ │
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│ │ 01 │ You Shouldn't Have Said that │ 03:59 │ │
│ │ 02 │ Guernica │ 03:33 │ │
│ │ 03 │ Back to the Grind │ 03:29 │ │
│ │ 04 │ Keep the Prices Down! │ 03:48 │ │
│ │ 05 │ A Soldier's Story │ 03:58 │ │
│ │ 06 │ Cats Corps │ 04:26 │ │
│ │ 07 │ Press Conference │ 02:46 │ │
│ │ 08 │ Just Us │ 04:27 │ │
│ │ 09 │ I'm Fat │ 02:51 │ │
│ │ 10 │ Filesharer's Lament │ 03:36 │ │
│ │ 11 │ Of Thee We Sing │ 04:55 │ │
│ │ 12 │ Digital Pedestrians │ 03:10 │ │
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│ │ │ Total │ 44:58 min │
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