The Jeff Hostetler of Blogs

Despite not really being able to afford it, today I picked up Stephin Merritt's soundtrack for Eban & Charley along with Felix Da Housecat Kittenz And Thee Glitz. Just a few first impressions... I'm finding it difficult to imagine just what the instrumentals on the Stephin Merritt album could be soundtracking. Many of them are based on little mechanical clicks and whirs, something one would expect to hear from a Piano Magic song, not a film soundtrack. Maybe one of the characters in the movie is a clockmaker. The two Christmas songs have really hollow production. That's all I could really think to say about them. The "normal" songs are what most people will probably buy the album for and are pretty close to what you'd expect. Short and sweet (melodically not lyrically), and chalk full of little Merrittisms. I like most of them so far. "Some Summer Day" might sound a little out of place on a Magnetic Fields album though. I think it's the weepy guitar that makes me think so. As for the Felix Da Housecat album, after one listen through, all I can really say is that the Twist and Shout sales clerk was right. "It's bangin'!"
- posted by Shane @ 11:05 PM
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