August 4, 2005

high flyers ought to use nets

http://www.phywriter.com/archives/2005/08/04/high-flyers-ought-to-use-nets/

I picked up a number of CDs at the Dogs show in that guy’s kitchen, among them Terry Scott Taylor’s Avocado Faultine CD that I hadn’t gotten around to getting (which I like more than I expected), the Dogs’ new Island Dreams (which strikes me as Surf Ambient, which I like just fine), and the newest release from The Choir, O How the Mighty Have Fallen.

I’ve noticed that I keep coming back these three discs, especially the latter. Maybe I’m mellowing out in my old age, but I’m quite liking this disc.

These guys have never quite hit the sort of potential that I’ve thought they had, and yet they seem so unique and so settled and so grounded that I like their stuff, no matter how it turns out, and no matter how I yearn for them to just rock out a little more. As long as they have the odd quirky rocker (like “Nobody Gets a Smooth Ride”) and a introspective piece like “Enough to Love”, I’m happy.

Filed under: The Creator's Hand — Johne Cook @ 9:01 am