Artist: Matthew Sweet
Title: Modern Art
Label: Missing Piece Group / Lolina Green Recordings
Catnr: MIP 0005-2
Genre: Rock
Encoder: LAME 3.100 V0 VBR
Quality: 258 Kbps Avg / 44100 Hz
Time: 42:01
Size: 81.64 MB
Rip Date: 2022-02-06
Str Date: 2011-09-27
URL: http://www.matthewsweet.com/
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Tracklist:
1. Oh, Oldendaze! 4:28
2. Ivory Tower 2:29
3. She Walks The Night 4:59
4. When Love Lets Go I'm Falling 3:19
5. Ladyfingers 3:13
6. A Little Death 3:24
7. Late Nights With The Power Pop 3:30
8. Baltimore 2:51
9. My Ass Is Grass 2:31
10. December Dark 3:20
11. Modern Art 4:27
12. Sleeping 3:30
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Note:
Throughout a career that stretches back to the mid-'80s, Matthew Sweet has never
followed trends, though his landmark 1991 album Girlfriend was responsible for
starting one; in fact, many critics note that most power pop records made during
the '90s owe a tremendous debt to Sweet. Two decades after the release of that
iconic album, Sweet has once again swung for the fences and connected with the
boldly experimental, yet deeply personal Modern Art.
Defiantly unorthodox, but often playfully so, Modern Art features 12 new
compositions of Sweet's trademark wistful, yearning pop that recall some of
Sweet s touchstones: the Beatles, Beach Boys and Big Star. ''She Walks the
Night'' is reminiscent of earlyperiod Byrds, while ''Ladyfingers'' stomps along
with the authority of T. Rex. Other standout tracks include the swirling,
psychedelic ''Oh, Oldendaze!,'' the ruggedly assertive ''Late Nights With the
Power Pop,'' the acerbically witty ''Evil By Design, Goodbye Nature'' and the
sweetly soulful ''Modern Art.''
Longtime musical cohort Ric Menck (Velvet Crush) does all the drumming on the
album (except for ''Ivory Tower,'' which is built on a random drum pattern
supplied by Sweet's friend, actor/musician Fred Armisen). Dennis Taylor s deft
and urgent guitar lines serve as a running commentary to Sweet s introspective
singing. Finished by mastering engineer Glenn Schick, Modern Art promises to be
another trend-setting release by Sweet.