Implosion

About the Artist
"I wanted us to have a distinct sound, yet we are a product of many different influences.", says STATE OF BEING founder, Christopher Foldi. Foldi and his Cleveland, Ohio based band work toward achieving that goal by blending electro-rock with captivating vocals and provocative lyrics.

State of Being has just completed its next full-length studio CD produced by Andy Kubiszewski (Stabbing Westward, Prick, The The), who also contributed a pair of remixes to recent SOB releases, including "Instinct (metal + glass)" from IMPLOSION. The band looks forward to a 2004 release.

Product Description
Outburn Magazine (issue #19) calls State of Being's recent CD IMPLOSION "An impressive release and the band's best work yet," and rates it as excellent with 5 out of 5 stars. Reviewer Julie Johnson (Belgium's Side-Line Magazine) sums it up by saying "Overall, State of Being is complex, driven... edgy."

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Average customer rating: Best tech-Death metal since Cryptopsy's None So Vile. Death Metal With Briliant Skill Technical Death Metal spiced with a bit of jazzy-melody...

Cryptic Implosion Odious Mortem Manufacturer: Willowtip Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Extermination of Millions Cabinet Superior Massacre Feeding the Abscess Epitaph ASIN: B000JJRY3S Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

1. FRAGMENTED OBLIVION
2. THE ENDLESS REGRESSION OF MIND
3. DYSMORPHIC AVULSION
4. VILE PROGENY
5. CONJOINT SPECIES
6. NUX VOMICA
7. GESTATION OF WORMS
8. SUBCORTICAL DESICCATION
9. DOMAIN OF THE ETERNAL PARADOX
10. COLLAPSE OF RECREATION

Album Description

After previously releasing a full length on Unique Leader Records, touring the US with top death metal acts and being heralded as one of the genre's biggest up and coming bands, Odious Mortem return with their new album and Willowtip debut Cryptic Implosion. Pummeling, extremely technical and forward thinking Cryptic Implosion is an album that will take the scene by storm and establish the band as one of the best technical death metal bands in the world.

Customer Reviews:

Best tech-Death metal since Cryptopsy's None So Vile........2007-07-14

Best Broo/tek death metal since None So Vile. Along with Beneath the Massacre, this is one one the top three or four tech/brutal death metal bands of generation Now+. As technical as Decapitation, and fusional as Suffocation, and as brutal as Cryptopsy. Being GenNow+, there is bound to be an up-the-ante on the dillinger-esque stop-and-%^&* dime-ing aspects, and, with Beneath the Massacre, nobody does, or DID, such a hybrib better: EVER. Imagine Hate Eternal and Car Bomb having babies. Voila. Broo/Tek Death has finally met its Hegelian end of (its) history, and that is a good thing: look at how Beethoven brought about the 'end' of 'Great' Symphonic music. At the least, don't do any Cowboy Jobs, nor clean any Filthy Craddles. If that does not help you, stick to KidzPop music VIII.

Death Metal With Briliant Skill.......2007-07-11

Wow, Odious Mortem Did Again, I Think 5 stars is the answer, they work is very god and amazing .....

Technical Death Metal spiced with a bit of jazzy-melody..........2007-05-01

Now this is a beautiful example of technical death metal. The proficiency is all here, and what Odious Mortem brings to the table with this release is a bit of estranged melody, not really found in technical metal (with the exception of bands like Neuraxis). Another impressive bit was how KC kicked it DOWN a notch with the blast beats. Sure, you will hear a ton of blasting, but unlike all these bands that blast from start to finish, he goes into some pretty crazy jazz oriented syncopated beats instead of blasting soullessly. The bass is not only audible, but actually has a nice crispy active tone as well! And Joel is one hell of a bassist to say the least. My least favorite thing here are the vocals which are extremely one dimensional, but at least are more mid-range than extreme low cookie-monster. The interlude between Domain of the Eternal Paradox and Collapse of Recreation is actually really interesting. The solo provided by Ron Jarzombek on Collapse is shredding and seamless as to be expected. The production is clean, but lacks some of the upper-highs, and is extremely thin in the sub tones (as if the highs and lows were eliminated as a means of cramming more Mid-Range bits into available space, to make this album louder in RMS than anything else. Not a good compromise).

Average customer rating: 4 stars for Natural One Great single, but the b-side disappoints

Natural One Folk Implosion Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | CD Singles | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kids (1995 Film) One Part Lullaby Becoming X From Beale Street to Oblivion Broken Boy Soldiers ASIN: B000008QAG Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

1. Natural One
2. Cabride

Customer Reviews:

4 stars for Natural One.......2004-03-12

Natural one is a great song alone and good song to go with the movie kids, fits it perfectly. This single only has 2 songs on it and the second Song Cabride is just a instrumental, reminds me of new york and the movie- goes good with it. So i recomend this if you like the music from the movie kids or I recomend the whole soundtrack. Natural one 4 stars-cabride, 2 and half-3 stars.

Great single, but the b-side disappoints.......2003-11-03

"Natural One" is one of my favorite songs. I hadn't previously heard anything else by Folk Implosion, however, so I expected the b-side to be stylistically similar to "Natural One." "Cabride," the b-side, is rather discordant, with some odd instrumentation. I'm pretty sure I heard a recorder in there somewhere. I've listened to it a few times but I just can't seem to get into it.
So, overall: 3 stars. As I said, I love "Natural One" and would have given the single 5 except for the weirdness (for lack of a better term) of "Cabride."

Average customer rating: Lou Barlow returns with another amazing album - you'll probably love it! OK, but not the best I must not be too bright pleasent enough Better than One Part Lullaby

Dare to Be Surprised Folk Implosion Manufacturer: Communion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Take a Look Inside One Part Lullaby The New Folk Implosion The Folk Implosion Kids (1995 Film) ASIN: B0000000SP Release Date: 1997-04-29

Tracks:

1. Pole Position
2. Wide Web
3. Insinuation
4. Barricade
5. That's The Trick
6. Checking In
7. Cold Night
8. Park Dub
9. Burning Paper
10. (Blank Paper)
11. Ball & Chain
12. Fall Into November
13. Dare To Be Suprised
14. River Devotion

Customer Reviews:

Lou Barlow returns with another amazing album - you'll probably love it!.......2006-01-10

Folk Implosion is made up of ex-Sebadoh singer/songwriter Lou Barlow and his partner John Davis. This obviously created a lot of hype. Thankfully, even with the album being arguably uneven (though that more has to do with the fact that it has 3 GREAT songs and the others are simply "good"), Folk Implosion managed to write some GREAT songs (these would be "Pole Position", "Insinuation" and "Checking In"). These songs are simply some of the best indie rock tunes that I have the pleasure of owning. These songs essentially make the album a classic as the rest are merely "good". It also seems pretty original for some reason, even though it sounds like it was influenced by many other bands. Lou Barlow is still a very good singer, and although he doesn't necessarily go for any high notes you won't care about that at all. The lyrics are surprisingly good here, and oftentimes they're pretty memorable (and catchy). The musicianship is also extremely good (and clear) here - it sounds like lo-fi indie rock. Basically, there's a lot one will like about this album. Lou Barlow and indie rock fans will love this album, and I think other people probably will too! Highly recommended!

Highlights include:
the entire album!

OK, but not the best.......2005-08-29

Like I thought of the "Take a look inside" CD.....these are really just the reference material which the later CDs have grown from. The better CD to buy is "One Part Lullaby" or even the "KIDS" soundtrack....where the beats and melodies are more compicated and interwoven....more mature sound.

I must not be too bright.......2002-11-30

Either that, or I can't tell what's cool anymore.Even at 30, I still think this is an unpolished alternative gem. Warm,lo-fi minimalist pluckings showcase introspective love bummer lyrics that chronicle the darker side of affection. Sure, it isn't radio friendly, but is that the measure of goodness? You'll get high mileage out of this CD-hard to tire of. Shoegazers take note, this is your record.

pleasent enough.......2002-08-29

This is nice indie rock for teenagers as it gets. I mean, its not the Beatles, but it has its place and it does have some really good songs like Burning Paper (the best on the Cd in my opinion), Insinuation, and Checking In.

Something about playing this album in Oct or Nov when it starts to get really chilly outside and you've just broken up with someone. That's how I first heard it. Not to say it cheered me up at all, but I listen to it now and I am instantly transported to walking home one late afternoon in November as the sun was starting to weaken out, and I had on a sweater, but I was still cold and I had just broken up with my girlfriend. And of course, I am listening to this thing in my walkman. So now, forever until the end of time, that is what I think of listening to this album. Arghhhh!!

I don't have any of their other albums, except for that early one that says on the back: 20 songs in 14 minutes, or something like that. That one sounds like my ex-girlfriend's brother's band in the garage when they didn't have a bass player and they only knew three songs and the drummer couldn't keep in time!!

Oh, gee, I've just put on the CD, and here it comes, the opening bars of Pole Position and there I am walking on that sidewalk with all those kids riding bikes and laughing, and there I was dwelling on a broken heart and this was my soundtrack.

I hope you have better listening experiences than I did. Don't listen to ANY cd if you just broke up with your girlfriend. That CD will never make you think of anyone else but her.

Better than One Part Lullaby.......2002-06-14

Yes, definitely One Part Lullaby made use of more instruments, but that doesn't mean that it has a better sound. If you were already a fan of the Folk Implosion, you would get bored of One Part Lullaby easily; it sounds as if trying to go mainstream. I highly recommend Dare to be Surprised because it has more of an original and lo-fi sound. Great album.

Average customer rating: Small Circle of Friends Quite possibly one of the best albums ever... Follow My Riddim great easy listening Solid Lounge, 60's, Jazzy Sound

Small Circle of Friends The Maxwell Implosion Manufacturer: Emperor Norton ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Cafe Roma, Vol. 2 ASIN: B000062YC7 Release Date: 2002-03-19

Tracks:

1. Treat Her Groovy
2. L'Homme En Peluche
3. Follow MY Riddim
4. Buddy Saltzmann's Hideout
5. The Upper Lefthand Corner Of The Sky
6. From Mousy To Marvelous
7. Tic Tac
8. Lailove
9. Doughie Step
10. Grasshopper
11. Smile A Little Smile
12. Tic Tac (Jet Sounds Remix)

Customer Reviews:

Small Circle of Friends.......2007-06-04

An interesting mix of Pop, R&B and hip-hop with an mellow electronic edge. Not bad! Not bad at all! Four stars (and the price was right)!!

Quite possibly one of the best albums ever..........2006-06-21

What first seems to be just an adventure into lounge, bossa nova, etc. quickly starts to pull you in. From beginning to end, this album does not dissapoint. Even the slower songs have their place. At this point, we can only wonder how much longer we will have to go without a follow up album; and at this point, it can't come soon enough.

Follow My Riddim.......2005-04-23

Has to be one of the coolest songs I've ever heard. I've had this album for awhile now and never get tired of it. This is one that will be played over and over again. Just amazing.

great easy listening.......2004-10-09

i got the cd the day we were leaving for the beach.
it's the best cd to listen on the mexico city - acapulco highway.
the sun shines and you speed through the moutains with great easy beats and refreshing melodies.
from treat her groovy to smile a little smile. every song, although sometimes it sounds a bit repeating, has some beats or rythmes or i dunno what that makes you happy.
definitely a cd to have in the back of your car

Solid Lounge, 60's, Jazzy Sound.......2002-09-16

I first heard their track thanks to a Nueva Bossa Nova cd. Remixed on that CD was "Tic Tac", the sexy, Brazilian/French vibe song as interpreted by Nicola Conte. Out of curiousity, I figured I'd check out their full length album.

I wasn't very disappointed at all, considering I hardly knew what to expect. It's not really Bossa at all. It's really just lounge - the French sort of lounge. I think the best way I can describe this CD is to think of De-Phazz's Godsdog. It is similar, maybe like a mix between that CD and Raccoon's Universal vibes. Some of the tracks are airy and light, others are just, well, loungish and cheesy. Either way, you can put this disc in and enjoy.

The best songs, in my opinion, are Tic Tac, The Upper Lefthand Corner of the Sky nad Lailove. Be warned, if you don't like Lounge or the 60's, 70's sounding Paris/Italian cafe sort of lounge (Easy Tempo like), you probably won't like this. In fact, I'd probably recommend getting De-PHazz if you're thinking about both - and unless you're a collecter, just wait and hear what will probably be better renditions of their work on various compilations. But if you're looking for something different, but a bit similar to De-Phazz, pick this up... if it makes a difference, Alex Gopher was involved in this release.

Average customer rating: I thought I was crazy... Most overlooked incredible would be popular in a fair world Stole this CD from my brother, a twenty year old college boy

One Part Lullaby The Folk Implosion Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Take a Look Inside Dare to Be Surprised The New Folk Implosion Kids (1995 Film) The Folk Implosion ASIN: B00000K3W7 Release Date: 1999-09-07

Tracks:

1. My Ritual
2. One Part Lullaby
3. Free To Go
4. Serge
5. E.Z. L.A.
6. Mechanical Man
7. Kingdom Of Lies
8. Gravity Decides
9. Chained To The Moon
10. Merry-Go-Down
11. Someone You Love
12. No Need To Worry
13. Back To The Sunrise

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

The Folk Implosion duo Lou Barlow and John Davis offer a kaleidoscope of tracks on One Part Lullaby, turning through a lucid dream state of lyrical introspection. Thickly padded, moderately paced hop-hop rhythms synced with distorted guitars, rolling snares, and simple keyboard touches lend a powerfully hypnotic quality to the alt-rock wash. Its warm, steady flow bestows on the listener a sort of clairvoyance that remembers birth, foresees death, and relives all the good stuff in between. --Beth Massa

Amazon.com

It isn't like anybody has been waiting around for "the great L.A. album," but several bands (Guns N' Roses, Hole) have nevertheless tried to make it. Who would expect that it would finally be done by a hung-up East Coast Romeo who followed his love to Los Angeles and found the city strangely to his liking? Folk Implosion singer-lyricist Lou Barlow is noted for his dejected love songs, and now he sings them to a city unsympathetic and detached, made of concrete and overpasses and not one to fall in love. Barlow is lucky that John Davis, his partner in the duo, is more sympathetic to his new metropolitan muse than his roughshod cohorts in Sebadoh. Davis layers dense ribbons of guitar and rhythms to re-create both the hazy pall of pollution that hangs over the city and the complex social strata that lives beneath it. Barlow's lyrics reference both his flight from the East and his "following the setting sun" to arrive in paradise. The centerpiece of this song cycle is "Easy L.A." with it Tupac-y vocoder chorus and sophisticated electronic hum. "Here I am / Never thought I'd be / Among the drifters and directors / A place for me / It's nothing like I thought it was after all." This album is less a lullaby and more a valentine to America's enigmatic oasis. --Lois Maffeo

Customer Reviews:

I thought I was crazy..........2006-09-15

because I loved this CD so much, until I saw the comments below. Nothing to add but my vote for this desert island disc.

Most overlooked.......2005-01-27

The fact that this album wasn't huge amazes me. Not that quality can necessarily be gauged by popularity, but everyone I've known who's listened to this album has loved it. Songs from this album make it onto just about every mix CD I make and everyone asks about it. I love it. I guess you can tell. You probably will too.

incredible.......2003-03-21

one of the finest records of the 90's, for sure, it's incredible that it spawned no hits.

would be popular in a fair world.......2002-04-08

I am listening to the album right now! yep. Because it's good. This is perhaps the most fully developed work Lou Barlow has done to date, and the most consistent all the way through. It is missing some of that fun indie guitar rock that made Dare to Be Surprise and Sebadoh's Bakesale so good, but it makes up for it with some high quality layered and better produced songs (which isn't a bad thing). good songs, some might even make you dance!

Stole this CD from my brother, a twenty year old college boy.......2001-10-01

This CD is awesome. There are very few CDs (including those of my favorite bands) of which I can honestly say I love every song. This one however, is an exception. There is a wide range of music, all of which is fresh, interesting, and just REALLY GOOD! I am a fan of Liberal Arts college boy music, (a style I named myself that includes such bands as Death Cab for Cutie, Built to Spill, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, and some people no one has ever heard of) and this CD definetly fits in at the top of that collection. Buy it, buy it, buy it!!!

Average customer rating: Who knew?

Red Hot + Bothered/Indie Rock Guide To Dating Freedom Cruise , Lisa Germano , Noise Addict , Folk Implosion , The Verlaines , Liquorice , Babe The Blue Ox , Juicy , Sea And Cake , and Various Artists Manufacturer: Reprise / Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Dream Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Offbeat: A Red Hot Sound Trip America is Dying Slowly No Alternative Red Hot + Dance Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon ASIN: B000005JCK Release Date: 1995-10-03

Tracks:

1. Sensational Gravity Boy - Freedom Cruise
2. Still Flat - Built To Spill/Caustic Resin
3. The Mirror Is Gone - Lisa Germano
4. Mouthwash - Noise Addict
5. Indierockinstrumental - Folk Implosion
6. Some Fantasy - The Verlaines
7. Little League - Liquorice
8. Hazmats - Babe The Blue Ox
9. Mainland China - Juicy
10. The Fontana - Sea And Cake
11. Sotto Voce - Cradle Robbers
12. Rex's Blues - Jay Farrar & Kelly Willis
13. Empty Yard - Grifters
14. Miracleland - East River Pipe
15. Snail Trail - Heavenly
16. Hopeless - Future Bible Heros
17. Servicing Man - FLYING NUNS
18. Quietly Approaching - Gastr Del Sol

Amazon.com

Little that's come out of the rock underground since the alternative revolution has been of a distinctly sensual nature. Indie rockers dance around romantic entanglement, but seldom cut in. That's the case with this "Red Hot" compilation, which doesn't mean much of it doesn't have it's own pitiable appeal. A case in point is the album's opener, Freedom Cruise's "Sensational Gravity Boy," a characteristically tuneful and verbose Guided by Voices number that finds the new rock darlings working in tandem with the Breeders' Kim and Kelley Deal. Shayne Carter, ex of Straitjacket Fits, teams up with New Zealand countrymen the Verlaines on "Some Fantasy." Lois Maffeo and Rebecca Gates team on "Sotto Voice," one song that is baldly sexual, though no one's going to get it mixed up with "Let's Get it On." Two interesting one-man bands, Stephen Merritt (here billed as Future Bible Heroes) and F.M. Cornog (East River Pipe) come up with album highlights-a catchy updating of techno pop and a understated elegy for Kurt Cobain, respectively. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

Who knew?.......2003-01-18

This is one of of those CD's that I got out of the bargain bin - which I frequently do just to look for something new and caught the Jay Farrar/Kelly Willis duet on the back of the jacket. That alone was worth the 4 bucks in my book. Anyway - wasn't expecting too much and have been pleasantly blown away by what I found. Would highly encourage anyone who's even thinking of buying it to do so - you won't be disappointed. Highlights for me were tracks - 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, & 17 though not necessarily in that order. Much depends on my mood. Oh yeah - have never heard guitars like the ones on the Verlaines track - just and outstanding raucous celebration. Like standing on a pile of dead rock stars....

Average customer rating: Great synthesis of the new Same old...good stuff(?)

Implosion Univers Zero Manufacturer: Cuneiform ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Belgium | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Heresie ASIN: B00022FWFO Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

1. Suintement (Oozing)
2. Falling Rain Dance
3. Partch's X-Ray
4. Rapt d'Abdallah
5. Miroirs (Mirrors)
6. Mort de Sophocle (Sophocle's Death)
7. Ectoplasme
8. Temps Neufs
9. Mellotronic
10. Bacteria
11. Out of Space 4
12. First Short Dance
13. Second Short Dance
14. Variations on Mellotronic's Theme
15. Rebours (In Reverse)
16. Mdres (Meanderings)

Customer Reviews:

Great synthesis of the new.......2005-04-02

I'm not going to be very talkative here, but I couldn't believe that this fine album had no customer reviews!

If you enjoyed recent Univers Zero (Rhythmix, The Hard Quest), you owe it to yourself to check out this album.

It contains a darkness and intensity similar to Rhythmix, but with very effective added atmospheric sections. These soundscapes remind me of parts of Tool's Aenima, or some aspects of King Crimson's The Power To Believe. Loosely.

If I can say anything negative, it is that the there are no huge surprises for those familiar with Denis' recent dark-chamber / electric-renaissance stylings.
While the structures and motifs remain familiar, the tracks themselves contain plenty to occupy the listener, and I suspect most will find that there is room for more of this music yet.

For those trying to acquire the biggest variety of music on a budget, you may want to skip this one if you have Rhythmix or The Hard Quest. I have both of those and have not bought this album yet, though I intend to eventually.

For those who do not have any recent Univers Zero, this disc is just as worthy as the last few, perhaps moreso. If you prefer a little more balance of light as well as dark, you may want to start with The Hard Quest, however.

Same old...good stuff(?).......2004-09-03

Yes, everything seems to be here, all the sounds and style I thought were so great I'd never grow tired of them. But maybe I have. Or at least of this band's production of them. It's still way good, esp. if you've never heard U0 or avant-prog. But America is where it's at for avant these days -- Thinking Plague and Motor Totemist Guild's albums are retaining their interest for me and others. And yes, I am over 13...

Average customer rating:

Implosion Cybotron Manufacturer: Aztec Oz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000EHSNJO Release Date: 2006-02-27

Tracks:

1. Eureka
2. Implosion
3. Suite 16/9th Floor
4. Encounter
5. Black Devil's Triangle
6. We'll Be Around
7. Abbey Moor [#][*]
8. Peter Gunn [#][*]
9. Unorganization [#][*]
10. Detective [#][*]
11. March [#][*]
12. Eureka [Guitar Version][#][*]

Album Details

This Deluxe Version Has Been Digitally Remastered, with Extensive Liner Notes Including New Interviews and Rare Photos. It Include Six Bonus Tracks - Five from Cybotron's Uncompleted and Unreleased 1981 Album Abbey Moor (One Being a Curious Version of Mancini's Peter Gunn Theme). The Album is also Packaged in Aztec Music's Trademark Six-panel Digi-pak.

Average customer rating: real music lives One of our best Classic Lou Barlow Classic Lou Barlow terrible

The New Folk Implosion The New Folk Implosion Manufacturer: Reincarnate Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Lo-Fi | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dare to Be Surprised One Part Lullaby Take a Look Inside The Folk Implosion Kids (1995 Film) ASIN: B00008BXI8 Release Date: 2003-03-04

Tracks:

1. Fuse
2. Brand of Skin
3. Pearl
4. Releast
5. End of Henley
6. Coral
7. Leaving It Up To Me
8. Creature of Salt
9. Easy

Amazon.com

Sebadoh might have been one of the defining bands of the indie-rock revolution, but it seems Lou Barlow's side project the Folk Implosion was built to last. The New Folk Implosion, despite its name, provides a fine example of what Barlow has always done best: soulful rock music that captures the poetic shyness and sense of inadequacy of its maker. Barlow's lo-fi edge mellowed into a loose sonic adventurousness long ago. Here, ex-Sebadoh drummer Russell Pollard's rhythms are occasionally augmented by fluid loops. There's nothing as immediately hooky as "Natural One," the group's unlikely hit from Larry Clark's controversial teen movie Kids. But those still mourning the passing of Sebadoh ought to find what they're looking for in the windswept "Releast," "Creature of Salt," and "Pearl." --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews:

real music lives.......2003-08-18

its a great album listen to it with no preconceptions of what it should be

One of our best.......2003-08-16

I am so confused as to why fans of a band or artist balk at any sigh of growth, especially when they are supposed to be "indie" fans. Indie fans aren't supposed to want to pigeon hole an artist. Lou continues to show his expansion of his themes in both Sebadoh and IF and that should be a good thing not something everyone runs from.

This CD is one of the most cohesive works Loobie has done. The song writing is impeccable. The tunes get deep inside you. They are haunting, beautiful and dark.

Please expand your horizon along with Lou and stick by everything he does. He is one of our best!!!!

Classic Lou Barlow.......2003-05-23

Another classic album by Lou Barlow. I have been a Sebadoh and Folk Implosion fan for a number of years and what draws me to the music is that you do not expect a consistent sound from one album to the next. There is always a degree of experimentation and the result is always fresh.

Stand out tracks are Fuse, Releast and Easy. I found it hard at first to listen to this version of Easy after listening to the loobiecore version, but this song rates up there with Sorry and Nightmare which is worth the price of the CD alone.

Classic Lou Barlow.......2003-05-23

Another classic album by Lou Barlow. I have been a Sebadoh and Folk Implosion fan for a number of years and what draws me to the music is that you do not expect a consistent sound from one album to the next. There is always a degree of experimentation and the result is always fresh.

Stand out tracks are Fuse, Releast and Easy. I found it hard at first to listen to this version of Easy after listening to the loobiecore version, but this song rates up there with Sorry and Nightmare which is worth the price of the CD alone.

terrible.......2003-03-24

lou barlow can be brilliant and often clueless. hes clueless here. with the exception of track 7 (great) and 9 (good), this is an album without direction. What happened to the wonderful melodies ala one part lullaby? This drivel should be avoided. Its like the worst of Sebadoh and most of Sebadoh was horrible.

Average customer rating: Talk about raw 14 songs in 22 minutes Not as good as later stuff perfect pop with a lo-fi heart but a hi-fi soul. Pure-pop

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Tracks:

1. Blossom
2. Sputnik's Down
3. Slap Me
4. Chicken Squawk
5. Spiderweb-Butterfly
6. Had To Find Out
7. Better Than Allrite
8. Why Do They Hide
9. Winter's Day
10. Boyfriend, Girlfriend
11. Shake A Little Heaven
12. Waltzin' With Your Ego
13. Take A Look Inside
14. Start Again

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His work in Sebadoh might have endeared him to a generation of mopey hipsters, but it took the Folk Implosion's left-field Top 40 hit "Natural One" to raise Lou Barlow's profile in Middle America. If you're looking for nothing more challenging than the pop propensity of that song (which does not appear here), this much headier disc may make for uneasy listening--but only at first. Barlow and partner John Davis have an uncanny knack for crafting ambient tunes--like the reverb-laden "Blossom"--that insinuate themselves into your skull after a few listens. The duo takes plenty of chances, building rickety sound-collages ("Sputnik's Down") and donning Mod duds (for the punchy title track), and by cramming 14 songs into just over 22 minutes, they insure that the disc contains a little something for everyone. --David Sprague

Customer Reviews:

Talk about raw.......2007-02-24

If you thought sebadoh III was raw, that was nothing! this album is so raw it was recorded in a bedroom. at times its hollow. i feel like i am evansdropping on rehersal sessions at their house. which you are. anyways, lou barlow & Co rock it. Some interesting melodys and songs. this is good.

14 songs in 22 minutes.......2005-11-05

This one just rocks its way into your heart the whole short time it's playing. Each song is a condensed pop gem, quickly and roughly hewn out of Lou and John's (then) exuberant love of noise and syncopation.

These songs were not deliberated and edited to death -- au contraire, they are still steaming they are so freshly and jaggedly sliced from the squirming rock-fabric.

Fun to throw on at parties.

Not as good as later stuff.......2005-08-29

Essential CD for a Folkie collector, but not one of the better CDs. I am particularly smitten with the "One Part Lullaby" CD, as I think the material exhibits the maturity and complexity gained from previous efforts. The songs on this CD are like B-sides....too short and not developed.

perfect pop with a lo-fi heart but a hi-fi soul........1999-11-04

Good things come in small packages. At only 22 minutes long, "Take a look inside..." sounds as complete as any 75 minute long album. Often regarded as lou barlow's "other" band, the folk implosion's first album is a short, firey, lo fi dream. Ditching the negativity from his previous Sebadoh albums, Lou Barlow and John Davis (ex-Palace Music) have crafted a gem. The opening "Blossom" well, blossoms and the closing "Start again" stumbles and jolts around like a runaway rollercoaster. The focus appears to be more towards a fun recording. Lou and John sing in unison without a care in the world (see the sleazy "Slap Me" or the urgent "Sputnik's Down") while the guitars intertwine and caress the beautifully sloppy drums and smooth basslines. Only when they get a little self indulgent does the album veer towards the niggling side. "Winter's Day" is the guilty party here. However, with some startlingly fresh tracks like "Butterfly-Spiderweb" and the title track along with a sneaky cover ("Waltzin with yr ego"), "Take a look inside" is refreshing and well worth seeking.

Pure-pop.......1999-11-02

This is a great album. If you like Sebadoh I'm not sure if I would recommend this because it is very very different. These are like early Beatles pop songs. They're fun. They're great. And you can dance with your kids!

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