RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

I have to say, I'm somewhat disappointed in it (the new Spree, which I 
got at CD Alley ;-)). I think it's a combination of the new songs being 
more complex lyrically & thus involving longer sections of just Tim 
singing, and the "improved" quality of the recording making the thing 
feel much more like a lush studio production (which we're all so used to 
hearing that it's unremarkable) and less like an actual huge group of 
people getting together all at once to sing & play.

The amazing & weird thing about the first album for me was the simple 
repetitive nature of the songs & the distinct sense that a lot of people 
were singing them together in the same room.

Factor in the overt references to the "new religion" and I'm left more 
uneasy than moved.

That Candi Staton reissue, on the other hand--Holy jeebus, that thing rules.

xo

Ross

James Hepler wrote:
> --- paok <bluefreaky AT earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> > i think i'm just really tired, and therefore
> > emotional, but has anyone listened to the new
> > polyphonic spree?  the fourth song (two thousand
> > places) just made me almost cry, maybe tears of joy,
> > but i'm not entirely sure....
>
>
> Oddly, they didn't have it at the new record store in
> Durham, which I call Millennium Jr.  God I love CD Alley.
>
>
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