ARTIST: Grandaddy
TITLE: Just Like The Fambly Cat
LABEL: V2
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 219kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 00min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-05-02
RIP DATE: 2006-03-14
Track List
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01. What Happened 2:19
02. Jeez Louise 3:41
03. Summer Its Gone 5:30
04. Oxygen-Aux Send 1:08
05. Rear View Mirror 6:08
06. The Animal World 4:53
07. Skateboarding Saves Me Twice 3:22
08. Where Im Anymore 6:07
09. 50 Percent 1:03
10. Guide Down Denied 6:32
11. Elevate Myself 3:41
12. Campershell Dreams 3:44
13. Disconnecty 3:34
14. This Is How It Always Starts 6:46
15. Shangri-La (Outro) (Bonus 2:16
Track)
Release Notes:
GrandaddyÆs 5th and supposedly final album is one hell of a record. Fully
recovering from the underwhelming ôSumdayö album, Grandaddy continues the
strange mix of space rock, lo-fi, country musc, and electronica.
ôJust Like The Fambly Catö album impresses to the inifite degree. The album
opens with ôWhat Happenedàö, A sparse instrumental with a simple piano
arrangement layered with sprinkles of ambient noises, and a loop of a kid asking
ôWhat happened to the family cat?öà
Then ôJeez Louiseö suddenly blasts off, with a great rocking song in the
Grandaddy tradition. The guitars and bass crunch, other guitars swirl around
creating a sonic wall of sound that would make Kevin Shields proud,
Electronic beeps appear out of nowhere, ôSummeràIts Goneö comes up next, slower
and a bit somber, but picks up speed during the song, then slows down into a
spacier moment, then back to original tempo. Awesome song!
Fitting track for an album thought to be the bandÆs farewell. Next track
ôOxygen-Aux Sendö is a brief one minute instrumental that would fit perfectly in
one of the quieter scenes in ôA Clockwork Orangeö.
ôRear View Mirrorö picks up the tempo, but has the somber tone of retrospection.
ôThe Animal Worldö is typical Grandaddy weirdness, probably my least favorite
track on here.
ôSkateboarding Saves Me Twiceö is a hell of instrumental that is a bit brighter
then other songs on here.
Highlights of the rest of the album is ôGuide Down Deniedö, ô50%ö (which could
be confused by a song by Clinic), ôThis Is How It Always Startsö (Pink Floyd if
they had taste?), and ôDisconnectyö.
GrandaddyÆs final album reminds me a bit of the movie ôHeatö, towards the end
when De Niro knew he should walk away, but had to go back one last time to knock
out the rat in the hospital, only in GrandaddyÆs situation they didn't get
busted by Pacino. What a way to go out Grandaddy..awesome.
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