Iditarod - Scandanavian tour 7"
(Hub City)
Pressed for their Fall 2000 tour of Scandinavia, the Maryland 3 piece have released a
wonderful 7" (limited to only 300) of lo-fi, Eric's Trip-like beauty mixed with
wonderful drone.
Side A, "Compromising," starts off with Carin playing a simple guitar part and
singing. After only one repeat, Jeffrey (also the owner of the Magic Eye Singles
label) comes in with tape loops of bowed guitars, layers of textured guitars, and
some tape manipulation. The interaction of the beautifully simple singing and guitar
mixed with the multi-layered loops creates a wonderful contrasting of styles that
ends with a lock groove in an E drone.
Side B contains 2 songs. The first song, "Boring," starts off a lot like
"Compromising." It is Carin all alone, singing and strumming an acoustic guitar.
This is easily my favorite track on the 7". The vocals are shy and fragile, and make
you want to latch onto them to get every ounce of meaning and to memorize every
syllable.
The second song, "Moon Child," is a King Crimson cover. Jeffrey forms the base of
the song with picked acoustic guitar and moog. Margie plays cello, and Carin sings.
While this is still a nice song, it is the weakest one on the 7", probably because by
doing a cover, they have limited the wonderful creativity they have show in their
other songs by having to follow someone else's song structure.
This is a great 7" that will surely be loved by fans of Eric's Trip, Cat Power, or
any interesting lo-fi acoustic pop.
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