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Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at 10:17 AM
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This seems to be old, but I don't remember it being posted here. Sorry if it's a repeat:
From http://www.splendidezine.com/reviews/aug-2...27-01/aag.html:
"The Beginning is fifteen minutes and forty-seven seconds of musical bliss. It's the kind of bliss that latter-day Elephant 6 bands wish they could capture. It's the kind of bliss you get from the great Kinks albums. It's the kind of bliss that makes you glad you listen to pop music. The Beginning opens with a confessional track that brings to mind Neutral Milk Hotel at their most stripped-down; it shares Mr. Mangum's interest in birth and dreamlike images. The full band comes in on "Walk You Home", veering into Starlight Mints territory with a fantastic wall of sound. The disc's centerpiece is "Bumblebee", which manages to be precocious but not cloying as it builds to a "la-la-la" outro that is as pretty a melody as I've heard in years. "The Beginning (Week One)" is a blast of pure garage rock, and the album ends with the driving "Two By Two", which leaves you wishing that The Beginning was four times as long. Maybe, however, brevity is precisely what makes this disc so good; The Features have made their entrance, and like any great artist they know enough to leave the audience wanting more. -- bm "
From http://www.splendidezine.com/reviews/aug-2...27-01/aag.html:
"The Beginning is fifteen minutes and forty-seven seconds of musical bliss. It's the kind of bliss that latter-day Elephant 6 bands wish they could capture. It's the kind of bliss you get from the great Kinks albums. It's the kind of bliss that makes you glad you listen to pop music. The Beginning opens with a confessional track that brings to mind Neutral Milk Hotel at their most stripped-down; it shares Mr. Mangum's interest in birth and dreamlike images. The full band comes in on "Walk You Home", veering into Starlight Mints territory with a fantastic wall of sound. The disc's centerpiece is "Bumblebee", which manages to be precocious but not cloying as it builds to a "la-la-la" outro that is as pretty a melody as I've heard in years. "The Beginning (Week One)" is a blast of pure garage rock, and the album ends with the driving "Two By Two", which leaves you wishing that The Beginning was four times as long. Maybe, however, brevity is precisely what makes this disc so good; The Features have made their entrance, and like any great artist they know enough to leave the audience wanting more. -- bm "
Two sips from the cup of human kindness and I'm shitfaced
