A collection of live dates with her and a piano (and an occasional delay pedal), and she’s doing tunes by John Lee Hooker, Hank Williams, Screamin Jay Hawkins, and Ornette Coleman.
The album is okay, better than most of the shit that’s being produced. It’s growing on me. This might be the album we’ve been waiting for since Fashion Nugget.
Looking past all the spectacles and accessories, The Polyphonic Spree is nothing more than a quirky indie-pop band, akin to The Flaming Lips or The Unicorns.
A power trio that possess ludicrous technical prowess as well as rhythmic dexterity, daring to challenge The Police and Talking Heads for their thrones.
Hired hands from Sigur Ros, Múm, and The Black Heart Procession help Jimmy Lavelle create his best work, and one of this year’s most devastating records.
Porcelain looked to finally shed Sparta’s existence in contradictions. But alas, the negatives continue to haunt the positives in everything the band touches.