http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:24:07 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/28/103512.php#comment-52014 this is very much a studio album, showing that sam was lofi not by choice. it's interesting to hear the studio and home versions of "sunset soon forgotten" and "teeth in the grass" side by side. it's very much up to the standard he set, but I find the departure from the four track a little startling (not to mention the drums and piano on some tracks). the hits are "each coming night" "cinders and smoke" and "passing afternoon". 52014@blogcritics.org Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:24:07 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/01/28/103512.php#comment-42106 The new album is fine, but I have to say that it's hard to follow "The Creek Drank the Cradle." My personal favorites from this new album are "Fever Dreams," "Sunset Soon Forgotten," which I actually heard him perform live before I even got my hands on the album, and "Cinder and Smoke." All in all, not so bad. 42106@blogcritics.org Thu, 5 Feb 2004 21:06:38 EST