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Swoon
Swoon
Hammerhead Records, 1990
REVIEW BY: Bill Ziemer
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 12/19/1999
I gotta admit, this is one of the more interesting albums I havelistened to lately. Swoon is a peaceful listen, and at first, I was at the edgeof my seat waiting to hear what was about to spill out of thespeakers next. Swoon achieved a pretty peaceful, airy sound on thisalbum. This is a good album to throw on as background music at abusy party where people like this somewhat hazy, drugged outsound.
Despite these accolades, I really can't recommend this disk.First, this is a horrible recording. The overall sound is muddled,and the vocals are almost impossible to understand throughout. It'stoo bad, because that's this album's main fault. You can't blamethe band, but you can't expect anyone to plunk down hard earneddollars for an album that sounds like it's been recorded on waxeither.
Another negative: Once you've listened to a few of these songs,you'll notice that they all really sound the same. I admit, thisargument can be made against any album that's ever been recorded,but after several listens, it's true. The overall slow pace of thisalbum doesn't help this fact much. It drags toward the end. Also,guitarist Joe Stover revisits the same tremolo fade over and over.I kept asking myself, "Which song is this again?" It's hard to tellsometimes, the pace is consistent throughout the album, and thereisn't much to the Swoon guitar attack.
While not a great album, Swoon sound at times like they're readyto turn the corner and crank out some great stuff. Unfortunately,it doesn't take place here. This album isn't a total bust -- itachieves an interesting sound. That's all though. This album isrecommended only to the innately curious, or the total musicnut.
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