ARTIST: PAJO
TITLE: 1968
LABEL: Drag City Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 201kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 43m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-08-22
RIP DATE: 2006-08-15
Track List
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1. Who's That Knocking 5:45
2. Foolish King 5:04
3. We Get Along, Mostly 2:47
4. Prescription Blues 3:43
5. Insomnia Song 4:25
6. Wrong Turn 4:16
7. Cyclone Eye 6:04
8. Walk Through The Dark 5:03
9. Let It Be Me 3:07
10. I've Just Restored My Will To 3:43
Live Again
Release Notes:
http://www.papa-m.com/
http://www.myspace.com/davidpajo
http://www.dragcity.com/
David Pajo used to be in Slint, then Aerial M, and Papa M, and probably a bunch
of others. Enough said.
To conjure an album that at once bears the mark of an enigmatic and noir-like
vision, while resting upon delicate and almost pastoral musical lines, is no
simple task. Coming forward with an inspired new collection of songs, David Pajo
has bridged that gap with his latest, 1968. Very David Lynch-ian in design, 1968
is a record that resonates almost a new Americana, with a dark but familiar
undercurrent that is both warming and grim. As has become the norm for the
veteran PAJO (former member of Slint, Tortoise, and contributor to Stereolab,
Bonnie Prince Billy, and many more), his new endeavor is wholly enchanting.
This is David Pajo's second sojourn into the being that is PAJO, a step away
from his previous solo-works as Papa M, Ariel M, and M. 1968 finds PAJO
traversing further into acute songwriting territory, highlighted by the
juxtaposition of his notably elegant musical phrasing with his often brutal
lyrical themes. "Cyclone Eyes" flows with a subtle airiness that mischievously
plays with a story of murder and disintegration, taking from varying Gorguts
lyrics. Or listen to the soaring guitar lines of "We Get Along, Mostly," that
unfold like a lost George Harrison opus. Track 4, "Prescription Blues," eerily
waltzes across imagery that beckons Hafiz poetics. PAJO also pays homage to
country royalty on "Let It Be Me."
1968 is an album of many subtle turns, that reveals itself in veiled but
provocative ways. These are songs for the clandestine set.