Track Listing
1. Opening
2. Peculiar Noise Called "Train Director," A
3. Combinations
4. Hideway
5. Black Foliage - (animation 1)
6. Combinations
7. Sky Is a Harpsichord Canvas, The
8. Sleepy Company, A
9. Grass Canons
10. New Day, A
11. Combinations
12. Black Foliage - (animation 2)
13. I Have Been Floated
14. Paranormal Echoes
15. Black Foliage - (animation 3)
16. Place We Have Been To, A
17. Black Foliage (Itself)
18. Sylvan Screen, The
19. Bark and Below It, The
20. Black Foliage - (animation 4)
21. California Demise3
22. Looking For Quiet Seeds
23. Combinations
24. Mystery
25. Another Set of Bees in the Museum
26. Black Foliage - (animation 5)
27. Hilltop Procession
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Andrew Reiger, Bryan Helium, Jeff Mangum, Jeremy Barnes, Kevin Barnes, Laura Carter, Robert Schneider, Scott Spillane | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Olivia Tremor Control: Bill Doss, Peter Erchick, John Fernandes, Eric Harris, William Hart.
Additional personnel: Kevin Barnes, Bryan Helium (vocals, acoustic guitar); Robert Schneider (vocals, guitar); Julian Koster (vocals, banjo, accordion, organ, saw); Jeff Mangum (vocals, melodica, percussion, sound effects); John D'Azzo, Laura Carter (vocals, percussion); Andrew Reiger, Robbee Cucchiaro, Jennifer Oliff, Erin Rodriguez (vocals); Eric Ledford (cello); Scott Spillane (trumpet, bugle, euphonium); Kirk Pleasant (trombone); Josh McKay (vibraphone); Kai Reidel (xylophone); Jeremy Barnes (percussion); Christopher Hart.
Olivia Tremor Control's debut DUSK AT CUBIST CASTLE alternated between pop-psych gems and all-out experimental weirdness, and it helped put the Elephant 6 collective on the map. The follow-up BLACK FOLIAGE ups the ante by successfully merging those two elements. Thus, we have swirling, REVOLVER-ish songcraft seamlessly meshed with all manner of musical arcana and effects. BLACK FOLIAGE is notable both for OTC's pop mastery and for the group's skill at sound manipulation. It's a landmark of modern psychedelia and arguably the SGT. PEPPER of the Elephant 6 universe.
Editorial Reviews
...It's a sonic wonderland, and the jump-cut delirium is transporting... Rating B+
Entertainment Weekly (03/26/1999)
...warm, lilting harmonies and fleeting pop melodies draw the listener in before the group shifts into a whimsical smatter of accordions, pianos and ghostly Theremin...
CMJ (03/15/1999)
4 stars (out of 5) - ...don't run anywhere, because BLACK FOLIAGE is very good indeed...
Melody Maker (04/03/1999)
...OTC temper their excursions into avant-garde noisemaking with a loving propensity for melting harmonies and sunny pop...
NME (04/10/1999)
...transcends its lo-fi, home studio production with excellent editing, slow accretion...planned accident, and - the acid test for any psych group - convincing vocals...
Mojo (04/01/1999)
7 (out of 10) - ...the lyrics are loopily discursive...while the flat out gorgeous arrangements are straight outta [Sgt.] Pepperland...
Spin (04/01/1999)
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