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Artist: Eulogies
Album: Here Anonymous
Label: Dangerbird
Playtime: 41:03 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.last.fm/music/Eulogies
Rip date: 2009-04-04
Street date: 2009-04-07
Size: 58.31 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 188 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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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.
Albums, like the various camera angles of the funeral eulogy, are like scenes
of a movie. Albums 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 - as the
pointillist does with stabs of color - dotting guitar chords, barroom piano
hits, pump organ swellsà.
EulogiesÆ Peter Walker does just this on the bandÆs debut 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, Walker lays out his ten scenes.
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01. Day to Day ( 3:24)
02. Eyes on the Prize ( 3:01)
03. Bad Connection ( 3:28)
04. Two Can Play ( 2:21)
05. How to Be Alone ( 3:35)
06. This Fine Progression ( 4:33)
07. Out of Character ( 3:24)
08. A Dark Place ( 2:10)
09. Goodbye ( 3:06)
10. The Fight (I've Come to Like) ( 3:58)
11. Stranger Calliope ( 3:58)
12. Is There Anyone Here? ( 4:05)
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