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█ ARTIST: The Lovely Sparrows █
█ TITLE: Bury The Cynics █
█ LABEL: Abandoned Love █
█ GENRE: Indie █
█ GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode) █
█ ENCODER: LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new █
█ QUALITY: 193 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 32min 40sec total █
█ SIZE: 45.45MB █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2008-00-00 ▐▌
█ RIP DATE: 2009-03-29 █
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█ 01. Wraith 3:40
█ 02. Living Room 2:54
█ 03. Larks & Owls 3:31
█ 04. Bury The Cynics 3:02
█ 05. Department Of Forseeable Outcomes 3:16
█ 06. Rene, Your Country 2:59
█ 07. Teenage Viking 2:55
█ 08. Year Of The Dog 3:23
█ 09. Devil In The Details 4:01
█ 10. Prarie 2:59
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█ I don't know whether I'm peeved or impressed that the Lovely Sparrows' debut
█ full-length doesn't include a lyrics sheet. Head Sparrow Shawn Jones is a
█ brainy songwriter with a gift for wordplay, unexpected rhymes, and
█ occasionally startling imagery, and he gingerly combines indie whimsy with a
█ personal despondency without coming across as cute. He's soundtracking Chris
█ Ware panels, not Wes Anderson movies (cough Noah cough Whale). So it seems
█ admirably modest that he doesn't reprint his lyrics, but instead lets them
█ remain purely musical and slightly mysterious, as if his songs were musical
█ rather than literary endeavors.
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█ Still, Bury the Cynics almost demands to be digested with lyrics sheet in
█ hand. The album's acoustic shuffle only sounds simple, but as on the Lovely
█ Sparrows' previous EP, Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint, these
█ arrangements twist and turn unexpectedly, exploring blind alleys and strange
█ avenues as if mimicking Jones' lyrical approach. The music tends toward spare
█ and folksy, favoring shaken sleighbells, demonstratively strummed acoustic
█ guitars, soft-focus backing vocals, thrumming organs, and a Vince Guaraldi
█ flute in the background that puts me in mind of Snoopy roaming the French
█ countryside. More streamlined and subtle than those on the EP, these indie
█ folk songs are inventive and ornate but neither busy nor showy, and even if
█ there should be more drums to liven up some of the lulls, everything here
█ sounds calibrated to frame Jones' sentiments in a diorama of emotional
█ confusion. "Love me tender, love me true," he sings on opener "Wraith" as
█ acoustic guitars shiver behind him. It's an obvious Elvis reference, but with
█ a new ending: "and I'll make a wreck of you."
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█ Although "Wraith" eventually contorts itself into such a state that the twin
█ electric guitars sound perfectly appropriate, Bury the Cynics sounds more
█ like a one-man show than a full-band album. The Lovely Sparrows, which
█ offshot from the Austin band Larks & Owls, has clearly developed into a
█ vehicle for Jones, which is just fine. Both his physical and his lyrical
█ voices are particular enough to anchor these songs in his own creative space,
█ to make them personal despite some obvious influences. He's wryer than Eef
█ Barzelay, but less studious than Paul Simon. Which pretty much describes
█ everyone in the world, but Jones takes enough from those and other artists to
█ construct his own musical identity.
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█ Occasionally, he sounds a bit too clever-- too in love with his own ideas on
█ "Department of Forseeable (sic) Outcomes" and the impending-apocalyptic
█ "Devil's in the Details" ("I've got a feeling that the horse and the rider
█ are the same/ And if you whistle, they'll come running"). "Let's sign a new
█ deal," he sings on the title track, "saying this one's for the cynics and
█ this one's for you." A veteran of lower-level indie bands for nearly a
█ decade, Jones knows how to navigate the minefields of the scene, but his
█ braininess gets away from him. Still, he's bearable not simply because of the
█ grain in his voice, but because he never sounds bitter, accusatory, or-- by
█ extension-- self-righteous. His cleverness is a defense mechanism: hope in
█ the face of cosmic indifference.
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