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▀ ██ ░ Music Style .: Folk ░ ██ ▀
▄ ▐█ Release.Date : Dec/2005 █▌ ▄
▀▓▀ ▐█ Release.Size : 52,7 MB █▌ ▀▓▀
█ Playtime ....: 47:31 min █
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██▓░ █ Tracks ......: 11 █ ░▓██
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01 ::: Ohio Blues ::: 05:43
02 ::: The Rue of Ruby Whores ::: 04:15
03 ::: Barbera Allen ::: 04:25
04 ::: The Question ::: 03:50
05 ::: Blockade Stillers ::: 05:18
06 ::: Edinburgh Lag ::: 03:16
07 ::: Negatory Romance ::: 03:13
08 ::: Got Over It ::: 03:50
09 ::: O My Stars ::: 04:35
10 ::: Mona Lisa ::: 03:35
11 ::: The End Of The Road ::: 05:31
Total ::: 47:31
░ ..;Release Notes;.. ░
░ Happy New Year to all our friends and ░
░ competitors. Keep up the good work... ░
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░ Children of America, put down that Cat ░
░ Power record. Knock it off with those ░
░ early Elliot Smith records. All this ░
░ creepy, folk-inspired music nowadays does ░
░ not have your best interests at heart. It ░
░ wants to make you wear sweaters, read ░
░ Kierkegaard and call old significant ░
░ others in the middle of the night and ░
░ weep into into their answering machines. ░
░ It does not have your best interests at ░
░ heart.s ░
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░ On the other hand, Michael Hurley is not ░
░ here to bum you out. His shambling, ░
░ meandering folk music has seen him ░
░ through at least 30 years, petty theft, ░
░ janitorial work and car-mechanic gigs, ░
░ and he just wants to let it help you, ░
░ too. And even if it lacks the feeling of ░
░ bad portent and misery current ░
░ practitioners of weirdo-roots, music this ░
░ good-natured isn't likely to let you ░
░ down. As Hurley (also known as Snock, Doc ░
░ Snock and Snog) says himself, "[My music] ░
░ is for the action crowd." ░
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░ Of course, it's not entirely clear who ░
░ the action crowd of whom Hurley speaks ░
░ are, nor is it apparent what sort of ░
░ action they make (the best evidence is ░
░ some sort of repeated, semi-narcoleptic, ░
░ nodding-off gesture). Hurley's music is ░
░ unlikely to please folk classicists - he ░
░ uses a clanking guitar closer to Talking ░
░ Heads than Ledbelly on a cover of Tom T. ░
░ Hall's "Negatory Romance" - and lacks the ░
░ boisterous get-up-and-go that alt-country ░
░ fans might enjoy. Rather, Hurley's ░
░ quavery growl and meandering, often ░
░ haphazard guitar plucking present an ░
░ awkward, endearing side path for roots ░
░ music. He doesn't want to update it or ░
░ take it back to some mythical wellspring ░
░ of purity. He just wants to make some ░
░ music that takes the edge off your day. ░
░ ░
░ Sweetkorn finds Hurley in the ░
░ contemplative mood that has marked much ░
░ of his recent music. Recorded with an ad ░
░ hoc band in an apartment in ░
░ Massachusetts, the record has a loose ░
░ swinging feel. Along with a wide array of ░
░ rough-hewn Hurley originals, he takes ░
░ stabs at the traditional "Barbara Allen," ░
░ as well as the old standard "Mona Lisa." ░
░ On the latter, Hurley fits the smooth ░
░ phrasing and low-key jazziness of the ░
░ original into his own addled style. The ░
░ band, barely a big name among them, abet ░
░ the proceedings ably, largely by staying ░
░ out of the way of HurleyÆs periodic ░
░ tangents; abrupt, seemingly purposeless ░
░ guitar riffs sidle out of the song before ░
░ halting as suddenly as they started. ░
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░ As ever, talking about individual tracks ░
░ on a Michael Hurley album is almost ░
░ beside the point. The project here is the ░
░ totality: the ringmaster's bruised ░
░ cheeriness and worn optimism carry the ░
░ day, even when voice, instrument and ░
░ taste fail to be up to the task. It's ░
░ enough to make a Cat Power fan want to ░
░ become part of the action crowd ░
░ themselves. ░
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░ Interesting interview: ░
░ http://www.furious.com/perfect/michaelhur ░
░ ley.html ░
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░ German info: ░
░ http://www.indigo.de/unser_programm/titel ░
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