This Austin based band's first album, Work And Sleep (2005), was described as a "noisy, brassy affair" . The line-up has changed radically since then and singer-songwriter Claire Hamilton has this time teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Gary Newcomb (pedal steel, guitar, Casio, melodica, bass, percussion) to produce a quiet, Slowcore sound they describe as "headphone worthy".
On track 5 - 'Coloured Glass' - Hamilton sings of "Drinking tea to stay awake" but by then it was apparent to me that I would need something stronger than that if I was going to make it through the remaining 7 songs.
Words are stretched out, as with "trans - end - ent - al - glo -ry" on the title song, and I was left wondering if Hamilton wanted to sound sultry or else was trying to imitate the intimacy of some late night blues diva. Either way it didn't work for me.
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Only 'Why Don't You Come Over' sounds more bushy tailed (as well as being a dead ringer for the Pretenders).
Rather than putting me in a chilled mood this record just left me feeling tired and impatient to hear some loud, high energy music.
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