i guess jay wasn't kidding when he told me that "the kids" might think they've sold out with this one. and what was chris' comment? "the album that's gonna get us kicked off geffen"? i gotta take that one almost seriously too!
i only heard the first half, but i was surprised, i must admit. so much for the my bloody valentine influence. if _smeared_ was chris murphy's record, _twice removed_ is jay ferguson's. the stones influence is all over this one (and beatles, and dare i say "beach boys"? there, i said it.)... especially the first two tracks (which brings to mind a recent album from chicago by a female singer/songwriter whose name rhymes with "ms. hair"). the phrase "classic rock" inevitably comes to mind... "shame shame" is on there -- a song that sloan have been playing for some time. there's other stuff that is familiar to a few of us who have seen sloan gigs in the past few months. don't ask me how, but this record does sound like it was produced by jim rondinelli (which it was). remember how the second odds record sounded much more classic-rockish than the first? jim rondinelli. anyways, about the songs. they're really good. especially, from what i heard, "pen pals" and "i'm worried now". there's a song on it called "i hate my generation", which begs the question, which one do they like? (once you've heard the album, you'll know.) i gotta wonder if geffen is gonna react by saying that this is not what they signed the band to do. but you also gotta think that they will wait and see how the thing sells. anyways, i'm going to like this record, a lot, i think. but i'm going to have to get used to it. james -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _ _ James R. Covey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___| | ___ __ _ _ __ _ __ ___| |_ the "halifax scene" mailing list / __| |/ _ \ / _` | '_ \ | '_ \ / __| __| to join or leave, send a note to \__ \ | |_| | |_| | | | | | | | | __| |_ our list manager: Scott Schuman |___/_|\___/ \__,_|_| |_| |_| |_|\___|\__| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>