Make Believe - Going To The Bone Church
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Label : Coraille/Flameshovel
Style : Indie
Grabber: EAC
Encoder: LAME
Quality: VBR/44,1kHz
Reldate: 12.Jan.2011
Street : 29.Apr.2008
Songs : 16
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Release Notes:
The band:
Formed in 2003, Make Believe are yet another reshuffling of
players from the '90s Chicago emo/indie rock scene (Joan of
Arc, Cap'n Jazz, Owls, Ghosts and Vodka, etc.), this time
featuring guitarist Sam Zurick, bassist Bobby Burg, and
cousins Nate Kinsella on drums and Tim Kinsella on vocals.
The experimental indie punk sounds of Make Believe first
appeared in spring 2004 on a five-song self-titled EP issued
through Flameshovel. The band's chaotic yet exhilarating
musical presence was well-received, and the quartet followed
up that fall with The Pink 7". Make Believe's hard-rocking
full-length debut, Shock of Being, appeared in October 2005
to a positive response, as their volatile live show was
taken on the road with bands like the Good Life, Hella, and
the Paper Chase to further spread the love within the indie
rock constituency. A summer 2006 run with Cursive led up to
Make Believe's return that fall with their sophomore effort,
Of Course.
The album:
On their third full-length record for Flameshovel, Joan of
Arc alter ego Make Believe turn in another bewildering batch
of avant-rock songs. Anyone who is familiar with this group
of musicians knows what to expect by now, and on Going to
the Bone Church, they continue to play by their own rules.
Drummer Nate Kinsella still eschews his hi hat for a
tambourine mounted on its stand while simultaneously
hammering on his Wurlitzer, guitarist Sam Zurick still
fingerpicks his electric guitar as if it were some sort of
percussive harp, and Tim Kinsella still spits stream of
consciousness lyrics peppered with barks and shrieks while
bassist Bobby Burg reins them all in with the low end that
anchors the songs. At first listen, many of these songs can
come off as incoherent noodling -- Make Believe is certainly
not for everybody -- but with repeated listens, subtle
grooves reveal themselves in their jerky stop-start rhythms,
and the songs begin to gel until the off-kilter melodies
lodge themselves in your head. Lyrically, Kinsella offers
some gems, and some headscratchers, such as "all porn is gay
porn" (in "(I Can't Understand) Satisfaction") and "protest
the Vietnam War" (which is either 40 years too late or is
meant to be a metaphor for the war in Iraq). Overall, this
album is a bit more subdued than Of Course, and the band
does seem to be lacking some of their previous urgency,
perhaps borrowing some tricks from Joan of Arc (see the
spoken word bongo breakdown in the title track, or the
late-'90s emo plod of "Just Green Enough"). But elsewhere,
such as on opener "Ooo Yum," or the spooky "Wearin Torn,"
they are just as volatile as ever. Along with bands like
Deerhoof and the Dirty Projectors, Make Believe continue to
rewrite the rock playbook (almost literally, on "(I Can't
Understand) Satisfaction," in which Kinsella quotes the
melody from the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No)
Satisfaction," only changing the lyrics to "I can't
understand satisfaction"), and while Going to the Bone
Church may not be the best Make Believe release, it will
definitely appeal to fans of their past work, and anyone
interested in forward-thinking rock music.
This CD-Release additionally contains the 5 songs of the
self titled ep and 1 more bonussong.
Enjoy this classic.
www.myspace.com/makebelieve
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Track List:
01. OOO, Yum 03:50
02. Just Green Enough 02:44
03. Sam Rollerskating Backwards 03:23
04. For Lauri Bird 03:55
05. Wearin' Torn 04:11
06. Garden Stencil 03:24
07. Goin' to the Bone Church 03:33
08. (I Can't Understand) Satisfaction 03:01
09. Taste Touch Smell Deceit and Touch 03:16
10. People Laughing 08:25
11. We`re All Going To Die 03:06
12. Britt`s Favorite 03:35
13. Witchcraft 02:33
14. Temping As A Shaman 04:09
15. Abracadabra û Thumbs 02:42
16. How To Haunt A House 03:30
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Total
59:17 min