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https://bdstudio.bandcamp.com/album/2-tracks-from-each-of-my-first-8-solo-albums-1994-2014
to catch anyone up since the hiatus he took after 'shunned country' and dleone stopped reviewing his things:
- 'bob's drive-in' was his first solo album after a few years off for collaborations -- production chops pared back simply to concentrate on an usually catchy set of songs. twist on this album is that you get it twice on the same disc -- once in studio versions, then again intact in slightly looser live versions, but oddly the goal of the live versions is to match the studio versions as closely as possible, production-wise. so you might not listen to this one all the way through, but it is a very interesting presentation
- 'lawn ornaments' - crazed production density comes back with a vengeance, every song is crammed with detail and the arrangements change every 1.5 bars -- but unlike 'shunned country', which had 52 songs in 40 minutes, this one actually has just enough repetition & riffs that they still actually operate as 'songs'. it is front-loaded with the catchiest stuff up front, but there are some real treasures hiding towards the end that I didn't catch the first few listens, as often happens with fast paced listens
& the new one is a follow-on from 'lawn ornaments' -- ridiculously dense, can't wait to play another three times before listening
the packaging for the last two are over the top. 36 pages each, individual two-panel color drawings for each song, by 'Joe Mruk', not buying it
― Milton Parker, Monday, 12 December 2016 05:23 (seven years ago) link
three years pass...