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pyt Presents:
Artist: The Trouble With Sweeney
Album: I Know You Destroy!
Record Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl
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Street Date: 00/00/0000
Ripped Date: 06/13/2003
Genre: Indie
Year: 2003
Ripper: str
Source: Compact Disc
Encoder: EAC/Lame
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Release Information
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Yes, yes - a thousand times yes. There really is a person
named Sweeney in this band. Joey Sweeney, that is - veteran
of SpinART darlings, the Barnabys, and a noted documentarian
of things pop cultural and music for PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY and
Salon.com. And with his mates in tow, theyÆve just finished
a new album at Miner Street Studios - a little album full of
love anthems called I KNOW YOU DESTROY But of course thatÆs
what youÆd expect from these sly dogs who call Philadelphia
home. ItÆs their second full-length disc, and itÆs a keeper
- full of rootsy ballads that chime and churn and bounce and
burn and swirl around like the smoke from a thousand
bonfires. But thereÆs little vanity here, just great tunes
and funny, ear-friendly stories spoke-sung by Sweeney in his
oddly affecting voice.
Mixing a bit of the Kinks with some Violent Femmes, a taste
of Evan Dando with some surrealist fun along the lines of
Pavement (but with cleaner guitar production), I KNOW YOU
DESTROY is a swinging collection that gently (but with great
determination) pushes the envelope of that beast called
indie rock in a direction all its own. RockinÆ is all very
fine and good, and these kids do it with their own stylish
disregard for fashion. But if youÆre wanting a bit more
content these days, SweeneyÆs quirky observations just might
fit the bill. There are songs about smoke breaks, break-ups,
dilettantes, the biggest Mary in the world (say what?) and
fake mustaches. And in a perfect world, Sweeney & Company
would tour the world with Dave Berman and his Silver Jews -
leaving a trail of contemplative laughter and giggly musical
fun in their wake.
The following things all happen on I Know You Destroy!, the
second album by The Trouble With Sweeney: a bisexual love
triangle ends - surprise - in tears; a pair of identical
twins are mudered with stereo wire and the killer flees in a
Country Squire station wagon; a pair of lovers buck the
prevailing wisdom and admit that theyÆre just in it for the
tension and release of sex; goth kids sneak into the
graveyard at night to drink, only to realize that their
friendship is based on nothing but arguing; a museum gift
shop clerk falls in love; a city burns; a gang of
nightclubbers get busted after-hours trying to burglarize a
house that apparently has nothing interesting in it; one kid
who gets bullied gets real glad when far worse bullying gets
transferred to another kid; hipsters fall in love, have a
baby, only to realize that they may not be ready for the
straight world; and then thereÆs a party and then another
couple (who donÆt show up, who werenÆt invited) decide that
itÆs all bullshit anyway.
ThatÆs a lot to jam into eleven three-and-a-half minute pop
songs, but itÆs totally in keeping with the arc that TTWS
has drawn over its three years of existence. WhatÆs new this
time around are the ambitious arrangements and stellar
playing found all over I Know You Destroy! ù thanks as much
to producer Brian McTear (Burning Brides, Mazarin, Bigger
Lovers, Matt Pond PA) as well as the new life breathed in by
the new rhythm section of Mike Conklin on bass and Richard
Stuverud (Pete Yorn, Threefish, Nash Kato) on drums.
Meanwhile, the core duo of brothers-in-law Heyward Howkins
and Joey Sweeney pony up what are perhaps the ten strongest
songs theyÆve ever written ù to say nothing of an extra
Byrdsy pop gem contributed by Richard. If we may be so bold,
the songs here run the gamut of American music, from
timpani-infused confessional rockers to geekazoid new wave
to rockabilly (by way of Morrissey) shuffle to, aw, shit,
some of it sounds like itÆs in a damn musical!
None of that should be too surprising to those whoÆve
followed the broad literary/rock shuffle of the bandÆs
leader, who is as beloved (and be-hated, if indeed that is a
word) as a pop culture and music critic as he is what
Popmatters.com just called ôone of the great pop troubadours
of this fresh new century.ö Putting aside his pedigree as
the leader of the Barnabys as well as a solo artist previous
to all of this, this past year has been a huge one for the kid:
In addition to penning the bulk of I Know You Destroy!,
he got married, made a well-recieved EP (Play Karen And Others)
with TTWS, toured the country, nabbed top honors in the AAN
Award For Music Criticism, showed up in Da CapoÆs Best Music
Writing 2002, penned some real knee-slappers for Salon.com
and then got started on two different books.
Thing is, youÆll find reference to none of this on I Know
You Destroy! ù and if you do, it is mired in a such a deep
code that, hey, you know what? Be our guest. Go ahead and
find it. In a world filled with critics who want to be rock
stars and rock stars who want to be critics, The Trouble
With Sweeney defy it all by being exactly what they are ù
secretly, and against all odds, one of the best bands in
America. -thetroublewithsweeney.com
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Track Listing:
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No. Time Track Title
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01 3:54 The Break Up
02 3:23 Surrey Is a Word I Hardly Ever Use
03 4:02 Arm in Arm
04 3:42 The Snitch
05 3:08 Karen
06 3:57 Why Can't Anything Be Easy, Baby?
07 3:25 Fake Moustache
08 3:51 Biggest Mary in the Entire School
09 3:46 At Noon
10 3:51 High Tide and Green Grass
11 3:49 The Counterfeiters
CD Time: 0hr40min .. Total Size: 56MB
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