Julius Caesar

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共13首歌曲

艺人: (Smog)
语种: 英语
厂牌: Drag City
发行时间: 1993年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Heather Phares

Like grainy snapshots taken in an instant-photo booth, Julius Caesar's 13 songs have a fuzzy, distinctive character, heightened by their low-budget surroundings. Darker songs like &Your Wedding& and &What Kind of Angel& sound even blacker because of the muddy, distorted sound quality. &What Kind of Angel& in particular exploits lo-fi's lack of detail, blurring Bill Callahan's vocals and slide guitars into a rage of noise. Poignant moments like the cello-based instrumental &One Less Star& and ballads such as &Golden& and &Chosen One& have an even more bittersweet feel thanks to the bedroom-quality production. Other tracks use the lo-fi aesthetic as their musical focus: &I Am Star Wars!& uses a cheap drum machine and tape loops of the Rolling Stones' &Start Me Up& and &Honky Tonk Women& for an unusual, funny foray into sampling on the cheap, while the drums on &Parade& sound suspiciously like tin cans. Julius Caesar's wide emotional and sonic palette is contrasted by Callahan's consistently honest, often blunt lyrics. Whether they're self-mocking (&I feel like Travis Bickle, listening to 'Highway to Hell'/It's a sh*tty little tape I taped off the radio,& from &37 Push Ups&) or nonsensically logical (&I am Star Wars today/I am no longer English Grey,& from &I Am Star Wars!&) or wistful (&Chosen One's& &Maybe it's best for you to ride into the sun&), Callahan's sentiments are anything but sentimental. An immensely creative album, Julius Caesar's artistic, arranged approach to lo-fi displays Callahan's willingness to grow and experiment as a musician and storyteller.

Julius Caesar

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