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Artist | The Dream Syndicate
Title | How Did I Find Myself Here?
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 45:44
Label | Anti Store | 2017
Catalog | 7530-2 Rip | 2017
Bitrate | 268 kbps Size | 92.83 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Filter Me Through You 3:53
02. Glide 6:22
03. Out Of My Head 4:10
04. 80 West 4:15
05. Like Mary 4:57
06. The Circle 4:33
07. How Did I Find Myself Here 11:13
08. Kendra's Dream 6:21
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Dream Syndicate are at the foundation (alongside the Velvet Underground,
the Stooges, and R.E.M.) of contemporary alternative music simply because
at the time when most bands were experimenting with new technology, the
Syndicate deigned to bring back the guitar. Fronted by Steve Wynn and
including Karl Precoda (guitar), Dennis Duck (drums), and Kendra Smith
(bass), the band formed in Los Angeles after Smith and Wynn had relocated
there from Davis, California. They debuted with a self-titled, unbelievably
Velvet Underground-like EP on Wynn's own Down There label. It was shortly
off to Ruby/Slash for The Days of Wine and Roses, the most lauded record on
the college charts that year.
Released in 1982, "The Days Of Wine And Roses" is generally regarded as the
masterpiece in The Dream Syndicate's body of work, but stylistically it's
also the outlier among their studio albums. The first lineup's 'Dylan jams
with the Velvet Underground' approach was truly bracing, but a look at
their catalog reminds us it was a starting point from which the Dream
Syndicate consistently evolved, drifting away from their gritty roots.
Their three subsequent albums - 1984's "Medicine Show", 1986's "Out Of The
Grey", and 1988's "Ghost Stories" - had distinct sonic personalities of
their own as the musicians working with frontman and songwriter Steve Wynn
shifted with time.
Given all this, it's at once surprising and expected that 2017's "How Did I
Find Myself Here", the first album from the new edition of The Dream
Syndicate that Wynn unveiled in 2012, doesn't sound much like anything the
group did in the past. To its credit, it doesn't sound like Wynn's solo
work, either; like The Dream Syndicate's best music, this is dominated by
ferocious guitar interplay (in this case between Wynn and Jason Victor, who
worked on Wynn's solo projects and is the only non-DS veteran in this
lineup), but here the attack is bigger and more forceful than their
post-Wine and Roses efforts, and trippier and more consciously psychedelic
as well.
This music has a spacy, exploratory feel, reinforced by the electric piano
overdubs, though it doesn't meander, even on extended numbers like "Glide"
and the title cut. And while this band can rock very hard when it wants to
(cue up 'The Circle' for evidence), it lacks the snarl that was part and
parcel of Wynn's earlier work, instead displaying a certain nervous cool.
With Victor, bassist Mark Walton, and drummer Dennis Duck, Wynn has
fashioned a band that possesses many of the virtues of the Dream
Syndicate's best work - smart songwriting, epic but non-cliched guitar
figures, a willingness to explore the musical space without getting lost,
and a rhythm section that holds all the diverse elements together - without
trying to replicate something created 30 years ago.
And with the final track's contribution from original bassist Kendra Smith,
this band shows it can look back without being beholden to the past. If
you're hoping for a sequel to "The Days Of Wine And Roses", "How Did I Find
Myself Here" isn't it. But if you want to hear a clever, ambitious, and
blessedly noisy set from four people who know how to do it right, then The
Dream Syndicate's return to duty will find an honored place in your music
collection.
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