ARTiST : Eulogies
ALBUM : Eulogies
LABEL : Dangerbird
GENRE : Indie
RELEASE : 2007-09-11
STREET : 2007-09-11
ENCODER : LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
QUALiTY : 180kbps avg / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SiZE : 52.25 MB
PLAYTiME : 00:39:14
+ TRACK LiSTiNG +
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
1. Inward 0:25
2. One Man 2:58
3. Life Boat 2:06
4. If I Knew You 4:31
5. Under The Knife 2:48
6. Can't Relate 4:09
7. Compromise 2:38
8. Running In The Rain 2:38
9. Useless Amends 3:57
10. Little Davie 3:39
11. Can't Relate Reprise 2:11
12. Big Eyes 4:07
13. Blizzard Ape 3:07
39:14
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Storytelling is a universal human instinct. Biographies of the recently deceased
are the saddest form of storytelling that most people will ever know. People
are remarkably good at it. Even those prone to shyness or believing themselves
mealy-mouthed find they can get their lips to move well enough to describe a
few snapshots from the life of the dead.
ôEuglogies are most commonly designated for those who have passed, but
really they are just words of praise, and in this case they are for the living,ö
explains musician Peter Walker.ö ôThe name, for me, represents the saying
of the unsaid, the voicing of the unexpressed, to someone you care about.ö
Albums, like the various camera angles of the funeral eulogy, are like scenes of a
movie. They are the writerÆs chance to tell a story ten times over, from ten different
angles, to ten different melodies. Abundant is the creation and deferment of hope;
innumerable questions of what keeps lovers apart; what keeps him from getting it
together; why she screws up every time. A resourceful writer will rise and strike down
hope constantly, put people out of love and into the acrid glare of lost trust a couple times;
confess a dozen of his own sins while hiding behind the writerÆs mask; take revenge on
enemies, and so on. All the while, touching the brush to the canvas û as the pointillist
does with stabs of color û dotting guitar chords, barroom piano hits, pump organ swells.
EulogiesÆ Walker does just this on the bandÆs debut self-titled collection.
With his voice dipped in reverb, he gently reminds us of the pre-histrionic honesty
of Elvis at Sun Studios. With Chris ReynoldsÆ drums pulsating at his back,
Tim HuttonÆs typewriter-like bass notes keeping things uncomplicated, Walker
lays out his 13 scenes.
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