Manishevitz - Rollover
(Jagjaguwar)
Krayolas now also come in a slightly deeper shade of
Red, something a bit closer to burgundy.
For Manishevitz's second album, Rollover, Adam
Busch takes his Appalachia folk music and embellishes
it with tones and short melodies from horns and strings,
supplied by musicians such as Jeb Bishop, Wil Hendricks,
Via Nuon (Drunk), Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Michael
Krassner. The music created is very simple, elegant
pop, Busch turning a Smiley Smile into a crooked grin.
The centerpiece of this album is actually a cover of
a song by Rebby Sharp called "Some Men." Its
melody is as pure as tropical sand, making the song
seem somewhat like a hymn. Busch uses only guitar,
a couple cello tones, and atmospheric noises but
brings the melody back fuller and richer two tracks
later in "Reprise" using trumpet, cello, and other
brass.
The rest of the album orbits closer around 1960s
pop with a strong Brian Wilson vibe (without the vocal
harmonies), as if Busch were the bastard child of the
Gastr del Sol and Elephant 6 camps. Anyone interested
in the post-Afterlife output of David Grubbs and Jim
O'Rourke will simply adore Manishevitz, as Busch
(with the help of Lonberg-Holm and Krassner) does
the same sort of meticulous arrangement of warm, soft
tones around delicate, eloquent guitar along with
poetic lyrics.
Rollover is pure and true pop music, like Busch studied how
to make a great pop song for so long that he finally
just gave up, cleared his mind, and let these songs
flow out.
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