Track Listing 1. Computer Screens and TVs 2. Sitting on the Sidewalk 3. Ari, Are We? 4. Got Alot of Gull 5. Only the Times Are Changing 6. Fishlip 7. Wish I Was a Fag 8. Now That I'm Home 9. Farnam Street? 10. Pretty City 11. Bad Bands 12. For Fish 13. When I'm Gone 14. Breaks No Heart of Mine
| Details | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Audio Mixer: AJ Mogis. After crisscrossing the musical map on its debut album, Capgun Coup refashions itself as a messy, cacophonous pop band with MAUDLIN. This sophomore effort bears the influence of 21st century indie rock--the off-kilter vocals, messy drums, and slapdash swagger are as all hip-sounding as they are untrained--but MAUDLIN takes more of its cues from vintage genres, resulting in a number of songs that pair a lo-fi approach with traces of surf rock, '50s pop, lounge, and garage psychedelia. The strongest songs here (the Dylan-influenced "Got ALot of Gull," "Pretty City," the instrumental workout "Fishlip") show a band that has grown exponentially since 2007, when Capgun Coup's PR material would flaunt the fact that these Omaha residents could barely play their own instruments. There's still a shoddiness to this set, a sense that what you play isn't as important as how you play it, but Capgun Coup has nevertheless become a fully competent band, and MAUDLIN's messiness sounds far more endearing than clumsy.
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