Jamie Owen, Delicate AWOL, Rothko - Four Seasons Singles Club
(Day Release)
Day Release Records are next in line to release a mail order subscription
series. Theirs is similar to
the Travels in Constants series being done by Temporary Residence, Ltd. They
release 3 singles (or EP's)
four times a year, all in a single group. They package all three in
cardboard sleeves, all tucked in a
cardboard box. The first installment features Rothko, Delicate AWOL, and Jamie Owen.
Jamie Owen's blissfully hazy "Graffiti Truck" sets the mood for a cool
spring day on a long drive, so
I guess these aren't necessarily supposed to correspond with the feel of
each season. "Ms. Witherington"
follows the vocal harmonies across the strummed acoustic guitar, which is
buried just beneath the surface
of a sheet of organ, lead guitar, bass, and drums.
Day Release Records was started by Delicate AWOL, so they would have a
suitable home for their releases.
They mix a multitude of styles and sounds and have a pretty wide
spectrum of songs just on this single.
"In a City of... (I Saw Your Face First)" starts with minimal electronic
ambience and slowly builds into
the pretty, and very distant, cousin of Homb-era Cerberus Shoal, complete
with tribal flute. "Busted Pony"
is a short finger-picked acoustic guitar song, that lasts just over a minute
and a half. "Feelings Hardly
Ever Mean a Thing" is a twisted lounge toss away. For all its variety,
there is a cohesive mood holding all
three songs together.
Rothko's single carries the real weight of this installment. The three
songs they contribute are a bit
noisier than their usual fare. "Sharps Box" has a high-mid frequency
loop/sample/something atop delayed bass
melodies. "There are Times When This is How Things are Between Us" is a
colorful layer of distorted noise.
Squeals and bursts of electronic noise penetrate the surface, giving the
song a manic, almost crazed sound.
"If You Know What You're Doing You Don't Know What You're Doing" is comprised of
a sparse piano part being
pummeled by volleys of noise. All in all a very short, 3 track single, but
a nice and distorted one to change
things a bit from their usual offering.
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