Here's what the NYTBR has to say about EIG:

"Eig's brisk chronicle is full of local color and and period details that recreate a bygone age.... (Opening Day) does justice to the man rather than the legend." --The New York Times Book Review

EIG:



EIG head.

i ordered the record already though it won't show up for a few days i suppose. Well despite that i couldn't help myself and i just bought the compact disc today at lunch. i'm loving it so far, 'be prepared' is my new favorite. In leiu of a detailed, tantalizing, adroit review i feel i can express my current thoughts with this (no doubt equally incisive) question. how come Shellac is so awesome? also, what are the tracks you dig the most, and does this live up to the feeling you got with the glimpse we had in 2004 with the peel session recording? anyway i'm stoked on this album. sorry i haven't seen any publication reviews as of yet.

matthias beebe wrote:...live up to the feeling you got with the glimpse we had in 2004 with the peel session recording?

It's a great record, but I think the explosive barely-contained Shellac I heard on the Peel Session would be hard to replicate on a studio album. Every song they did at that point fucking blew the doors off the hinges, then came back to blow up the hinges.

Bob Weston sounds a little like D. Boon on Boycott, or maybe its the song itself, i don't know. It's a great song though.

I think my obi had a booger on it. Other than that, the packaging is beautiful.

that damned fly wrote:fuckin' sucks.

Dude! You go away for half a year and this is how you make your return?

Actually, kind of makes sense.

Anyway, welcome back.

-A

alex maiolo wrote:

that damned fly wrote:fuckin' sucks.

Dude! You go away for half a year and this is how you make your return?

Actually, kind of makes sense.

Anyway, welcome back.

-A

TDF = LAH, I think...

i cant say its a great album, its good don't get me wrong. it just sounds a little too .... mellow?... subdued? i cant put my finger on it. wheres the angst and pain? the music doesn't feel like its ripping itself apart.

but i still like it a lot

but you have to admit the brass section on 'genuine lulabelle' really fleshes out their sound, plus the baptist gospel choir on 'spoke' finishes the album with a flourish.

actually between spoke and 'be prepared' i can totally accept the fact that i just bought the CD, even though I had just ordered the LP that also comes with the CD. It's not as immediately accessible as the futurist but it has its moments.