ARTIST: Arthur Yoria
TITLE: Handshake Smiles
LABEL: 12Records
GENRE: Rock
TIME: 39:17 min
SIZE: 56,4 MB
RIP DATE: Jun-04-2007
RELEASE DATE: May-23-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Should Be 02:54
02. Clean For Free 03:18
03. Handshake Smiles 02:37
04. Jimmy's Rig 02:57
05. Love Song In G 03:41
06. Cuttin' A Rug 03:50
07. Sandy 04:21
08. I Told You Not To Write Again 03:47
09. Fool Me Again 02:49
10. Rim Job 04:06
11. Trash Bag 04:57
Release Notes:
Arthur's latest was bedroom produced with a single
microphone, which isn't evident at all from the
sound of it, due to the out and out quality of the
mixing, the strength of the arrangements, the talent
of the players and the sexiness of the songwriting.
It finds him venturing into new stylistic territory
by infusing his now trademark hook laden pop gems
with everything from 70's AM radio rock to Americana
to the sounds of the 60's British Invasion. At
times he sounds a bit like an upbeat Elliott Smith.
"From the outset, this is a dread sexy recording,
but definitely not in the Drakkar Noir vein. It's
not the sort of active-sonar sexy that can backfire
quickly into the realm of creepy if poorly executed.
Nope. It's more the chill, interesting, good
smile, fun vein of sexy; corduroy and suede over
silk and chiffon. It's going to kiss you in the
rain, and the entire thing will be filmed by a
slowly reverse-tilting boom-mounted camera. Like
the person at the bar you have to work your way over
towards, it's engaging before you've really figured
out how to approach it. Indeed, even if you never
get the minerals to go up to it and start a
listening conversation, the memory of it sticks with
you!" - The Skyline Network "'Love Song in G'
comes off like a '60s rock love song, somewhere in
the realm of a less-poppy Push Kings, while 'Sandy'
aims for Byrds/Teenage Fanclub heaven with an
awesome-sounding organ. Then there's the title
track, which swipes half a guitar line (and that
lazy-summer-day feel, to boot) from 'Brown Eyed
Girl' and bumps along contentedly beneath the
words!" - Space City Rock