Drill a Hole in That Substrate & Tell Me What You See [Import]

1. Static On The Radio

2. Bluebird

3. Combing My Hair In A Brand New Style

4. Girl From Brownsville Texas

5. Borrowed Wings

6. If Jesus Drove A Motorhome

7. Objects In Motion

8. Buzzards Of Love

9. Alabama Chrome

10. Phone Booth In Heaven

Drill a Hole in That Substrate & Tell Me What You See,Jim White,V2,Rock

Average customer rating: adventuresome alt-country/pop that should be heard. a mysterious visitor Holy Sh#$t!!!! It's not that great Future Country?

Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See Jim White Manufacturer: Luaka Bop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus Through the Trees Last Days of Wonder Twilight Singing Bones ASIN: B00026WT6A Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

1. Static On The Radio
2. Bluebird
3. Combing My Hair In A Brand New Style
4. That Girl From Brownsville Texas
5. Borrowed Wings
6. If Jesus Drove A Motor Home
7. Objects In Motion
8. Buzzards Of Love
9. Alabama Chrome
10. Phone Booth In Heaven
11. Bonus Track 1

Amazon.com

It's no accident that Jim White is on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label. His odd, oblique tales from Pensacola, Fla. and beyond wouldn't be out of place in Byrne's quirky movie of smalltown Texas, True Stories. In fact, White has his own new film, Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, to capture his chosen milieu of motel rooms, truck stops, and churches, and--as described on "If Jesus Drove a Motor Home"--waffle houses: "Jesus eating eggs with ya'll." Not that the artist needs visuals to project his skewed vision: Drill a Hole in That Substrata and Tell Me What You See is dense with dreamy, wasted scenarios, each spilling into the other. His vocals, which rarely rise above a half-whisper, are those of a loser at love cursed by self-knowledge ("You can't waste the whole damn day loving what you need to cast away") and a winner at ennui who spends his drifting hours "listening to the song behind everything I think I know" and finding only static. The album, his third, is treated to offbeat textural touches that reflect the edgy ambient approach of his co-producer, Joe Henry--electronic washes, horn charts, banjo, bebop trumpet. A colorful character whose real-life exploits include stints as a professional surfer and Milan fashion model--and struggles with drugs and religion--White is supported by an expansive cast including fellow tortured Southerner Mary Gauthier, Aimee Mann, Barenaked Ladies, and guitarist Bill Frisell. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

adventuresome alt-country/pop that should be heard........2007-01-17

more adventuresome than your standard alt-country cd, this great recording has not a weak track on it. weirdly different in a perfectly listenable way, i have been enjoying this thing for a couple of years now, and am in no way ready to call it quits. highly, highly recommended.

a mysterious visitor.......2006-08-04

A true story... one day, I noticed a cd sitting on my computer desk. It was this Jim White album. I'd never heard of Jim White, but I figured someone must have loaned it to me and I forgot about it. So I gave it a listen, and was blown away! Moody, mysterious songs, beautiful production, the sort of postmodern-exotic sound of a Luaka Bop release... it reminded me of many things, from Tom Waits to Chris Isaak to Brian Eno's 1970s pop albums.

So I started asking my friends to find out who loaned it to me. Nobody did. Nobody claims credit, or even knew who Jim White is.

That's it. I'm convinced this album actually has magic voodoo powers, and simply willed itself onto my desk because it knew how much I needed to hear this music.

Holy Sh#$t!!!!.......2005-11-28

Great! Jim takes the cake, the hat, the everything! Go Jim, great CD!!! They're all great!

It's not that great.......2005-07-03

I liked "Static On The Radio", and "If Jesus Drove A Motor Home" when I heard them on David Byrne's internet radio feed. I didn't like anything else on the CD. That's all, over and out.

Future Country?.......2005-03-09

To classify this as country seems like an arbitrary decision but it is too lyrical and traditional for post-rock and too mellow for alt. rock so progressive country it is. Drill has a loungy tone devoid of the hootenanny factor but it does tend to go over the top in the production area from time to time. Smooth and full of effort to expand the boundaries of country in most tracks, I believe White overextends himself in the process sometimes specifically on "Combing My Hair In A Brand New Style" which is styled after the Black Crowes' "Soul Singing" mixed with the Sopranos' theme. Each song is explored to the fullest, five out of ten going well over six minutes long, and the range of musical apparatus used like keyboards, bongos, an Irish flute, all manner of percussions, and pro-tools off-set the usual country line-up completely bending traditional notions and guaranteeing his videos will never be played on CMT. His lyrics pursue an Eels led depression with more of a "Jesus, what went wrong" edge to them. The guest appearance of Aimee Mann perfectly sets the tone of the album with her typically sullen croon on the first track and the Barenaked Ladies don't seem out of place here either although the album is definitely closer to her solo work than theirs. Aside from the combing incident, this is a strong album regardless of whatever genre you think this is. The question now becomes, will Blanche, Iron & Wine, and the like continue to push the barriers of their ancient genre or rest on their profitable achievements?

Average customer rating: Import vs American release If you only buy one CD in 2004.....

Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See Jim White Manufacturer: V2 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001LUH4W Release Date: 2004-05-31

Tracks:

1. Static on the Radio
2. Bluebird
3. Combing My Hair in a Brand New Style
4. That Girl from Brownsville Texas
5. Borrowed Wings
6. If Jesus Drove a Motor Home
7. Objects in Motion
8. Buzzards of Love
9. Alabama Chrome
10. Phone Booth in Heaven
11. Land Called Home

Customer Reviews:

Import vs American release.......2005-02-10

While it's true that the European release is exactly the same as the American version, a version was released in Japan that contains three bonus tracks. Definitely worth the extra dollars in my opinion.

If you only buy one CD in 2004............2004-04-20

Please see standard U.S. version for my review. No need to buy the import version, since the only difference is that the import version was released earlier.

Average customer rating:

Drill a Hole in That Substrate & Tell Me What You See Jim White Manufacturer: V2 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Alternative Folk | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002XVUS6 Release Date: 2004-11-01

Tracks:

1. Static On The Radio
2. Bluebird
3. Combing My Hair In A Brand New Style
4. That Girl From Brownsville Texas
5. Borrowed Wings
6. If Jesus Drove A Motor Home
7. Objects In Motion
8. Buzzards Of Love
9. Alabama Chrome
10. Phone Booth In Heaven
11. Land Called Home
12. Cinderblock Walls
13. Suckers Promise

Album Description

Japanese pressing of the singer/songwriter's 2004 album, includes a hidden bonus track, 'Land Called Home' along with two Japanese only bonus tracks, 'Cinderblock' and 'Suckers Promises'. 13 tracks in total. MOJO Magazine said of the album, 'This album is a big wet dream of loss and isolation, sex and the search for grace. The songs that aren't set late at night, in a motel room that doubles as a jail, take place in the rain on some desolate highway, which might be the path of righteousness but goes nowhere. The phone booth to God is out of order, the radio plays nothing but scripture or static, and the girl in his bed doesn't want to redeem him but needs a ride to the Greyhound station.' V2 Records.

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks

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