comp review: Slosh's '04 year end

[audiobill]

A very pleasant surprise to receive a Slosh comp in the mail, today.

Also, thank you for answering the burning question, before any of us could type it out. My response: I have to get that Pinback disc, before Christmas.

I haven't spun the entire disc, yet.......currently, on track 12 and fully enjoying it, along with my Chicken Curry 6:04 p.m.., here in the darks of Canada.

Big fan btw of McLusky but I think for me it jars the hell out of the comp.
Next question: Is the included McLusky track indicative of the rest of their 2004 disc??

Thanks-a-ton Sloshmeister!!

Bill

[Slosh]

Big fan btw of McLusky but I think for me it masons the hell out of the comp.
Next question: Is the included McLusky track indicative of the rest of their 2004 disc??
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Nah, not really. Actually that songs sounds a lot like it could be from their previous album, Does Dallas. The new one is much heavier overall than their first two albums, but still clearly with that punk attitude. I think it is sequenced rather poorly and a few of the songs like "Your Children Are Waiting For You To Die" shoulda ended up on the cutting room floor IMO (although ya gotta love that song title ). I'd definitely recommend it to you since you tend to like the heavier stuff, but not to anyone expecting Does Dallas, Sloppy Seconds (or whatever).

Hey Stone,

Is there anything on my comp that you don't already have (or heard)? I'm glad I don't have to do x-mas shopping for you!

[Stone]

Hey Stone,

Is there anything on my comp that you don't already have (or heard)? I'm glad I don't have to do x-mas shopping for you!

Quite a bit actually:

Pinback
Earlimart
Clinic
Jim White
Wilco
Old Canes
Chris Whitley
Giant Sand

Aww, c'mon - I'm easy. Cash is always appreciated. Actually, if people buy me music for Christmas, I give them specific titles or they buy me a gift certificate. That way I don't get a duplicate or end up with the latest Creed spinoff CD or something equally as good.

I should start working on a year-end comp, but I'm still getting to know a lot of this year's music, so it may be January. Plus, I just bought The Office Special DVD, so that's gonna occupy some time tonight at least.

NP: The Year In Slosh: 2004 (track 6 - Geddy's up next...)

[Jim Clark]

NP: The Year In Slosh: 2004 (track 6 - Geddy's up next...)

OK, you've played it by now. Doesn't the high, shrill singing remind you at least a bit of Geddy? Well, I did say that likely it was just me but I thought that on several songs when I played the album and it came through the same on the comp.

jc

[Slosh]

Doesn't the high, shrill singing remind you at least a bit of Geddy?

Well, now that you mention it I can kinda hear it. Gee, thanks. At least the music doesn't sound like "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" (which gets my vote for stupidest prog concept . . . . thingy, ever).

[Jim Clark]

Well, now that you mention it I can kinda hear it. Gee, thanks. At least the music doesn't sound like "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" (which gets my vote for stupidest prog concept . . . . thingy, ever).

Stone still probably thinks I'm cuckoo for cocoa puffs though! He wouldn't necessarily be wrong.

jc

[Stone]

Stone still probably thinks I'm cuckoo for cocoa puffs though! He wouldn't necessarily be wrong.

jc

That's a polite way of putting it!! Just kidding.


I haven't broken out the Rush albums in a while, but I'm still not hearing it. Maybe I need to put aside the alienation and get on with the fascination.

[Dusty Chalk]

Well, now that you mention it I can kinda hear it. Gee, thanks. At least the music doesn't sound like "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" (which gets my vote for stupidest prog concept . . . . thingy, ever).

You know the inspiration behind that song, don't you? They were visiting someone (I forget whom), and they were being verbally terrorized by this tiny white little dog, who was acting a lot bigger than he was. I think he may have sounded a lot bigger than he was behind the door, before they entered, as well.

So they wrote a (fictitious) song about him. Sort of a Davey and Goliath type story.