Looks Like a Russian [Import]

Product Description
Debut album from this Australian band. They've toured with Belle & Sebastian and Mercury Rev over the past year. The UKpress have likened them to Simon & Garfunkel, Nick Drake & Belle & Sebastian. 12 tracks in all. Standard jewel case.

Looks Like a Russian,Sodastream,Rock/Pop

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Looks Like a Russian ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002TL4W2 Release Date: 2004-01-06

Album Description

Debut album from this Australian band. They've toured with Belle & Sebastian and Mercury Rev over the past year. The UKpress have likened them to Simon & Garfunkel, Nick Drake & Belle & Sebastian. 12 tracks in all. Standard jewel case.

Average customer rating: A Serene, but Fragile State A Wonderful Comatose State Chillingly Beautiful

Looks Like a Russian Sodastream Manufacturer: Trif ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Australia & New Zealand | International | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Chamber Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hill for Company Practical Footwear Ep ASIN: B00004TW5V Release Date: 2000-05-19

Tracks:

1. Able Hands
2. Fitzroy Strongman
3. 40 Days
4. Done With Everything
5. What A Lovely War
6. Song In Uniform
7. Excuse Boots
8. Meals
9. God In The Corner Store
10. Wedding Day
11. Send/Phone
12. Messiah

Album Description

Debut album from this Australian band. They've toured with Belle & Sebastian and Mercury Rev over the past year. The UK press have likened them to Simon & Garfunkel, Nick Drake & Belle & Sebastian. 12 tracks in all. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Debut Album from this Australian Band. A Hit in UK with Radio One Airplay. Great Pop that Sounds Like Belle and Sebastion Meets Nick Drake.

Customer Reviews:

A Serene, but Fragile State.......2004-08-04

This is simply such a beautiful and lovely album. People throw those two words around so much these days that they are stripped of much of their meaning--but things like this reassert in such an exhilarating way the true meanings of those words.

For me, what defines this album is this beautiful, but hard to describe mood, emanating from this sort of serene, but fragile state--a contemplative state born of both cautious hopes and bittersweet memories and tinged with a certain melancholy. It is a mood that also inhabits and defines the works of Nick Drake and (early) Belle & Sebastian.

Occasionally and briefly, the mood rises--like the sun shining through the briefly parted clouds on a snowy, overcast day--or falls--like the clouds closing again, the snow picking up, and the wind growing to a quiet howl. In the end, however, it always returns to that overall mood--that calm and fragile melancholy.

When describing Sodastream's sound, critics often refer to artists like those above as points of reference. Although these are accurate points of reference, they are, however, only accurate to a certain degree, and without further elaboration, do not do Sodastream full justice. The main similarity between Sodastream and those others artists is mainly in the overall mood, as described above. In terms of sound, however, the similarities are just with basic attributes: quiet, acoustic instrumentation; hushed vocals; etc.

Those similarities aside, Sodastream has a wonderful, unique sound: that quiet, acoustic instrumentation; those hushed vocals; the understated drumming; the distinctly deep, but sweet timbre of the double-base--a really crucial element, which forms the foundation of many of the songs; and an undercurrent of a distinct, but subtle Australian flare all blend together to form this single, seamless and magical entity of sound. Perhaps I'm exaggerating it or failing to properly describe it--but, as they say, you really have to hear it for yourself.

I have hundreds of albums I really enjoy listening to, dozens I really love listening to--but this is just one of a handful of albums that really mean something to me. Something more than just music or art; something deeply personal.

I can't recommended this album--and Sodastream's other albums--enough; it is simply such beautiful and lovely stuff.

A Wonderful Comatose State.......2001-06-01

This disk is great, but hard to explain. When I play it for people, reactions are usually either extremely positive or very confused. The music is indeed simple, but mesmerizing. Catchy, mellow melodys that really stick with you. Not to mention that wonderful double bass in the background all the time, a thought-eliminating growl of simplicity...matched perfectly by Smith's soft vocals.

This is the kind of disk that when you listen to it on the way to work in the morning, you arrive having forgotten everything about the entire drive in (maybe not so safe, but still a nice experience). Give it a shot, if you don't like it chances are great that someone you know will love it.

Chillingly Beautiful.......2001-03-26

Karl Smith and Pete Cohen deliver a sunningly stark yet magical album. This Melbourne duo, consisting primarily of acoustic guitar and double bass, provide haunting backdrops for Karl Smith's melancholy vocals.

This album displays that music does not have to be over worked and over produced. The stripped-back feel of this album delivers an emontional punch that leaves the listener depressed and uplifted at the same time.

Standout tracks on the album are "Able Hands", "Fitzroy Strongman" and "God in the Corner Store".

Not recommended for the suicidal.

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