Chris Walla - Field Manual
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Artist: Chris WallaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-01-29
Music Label: Barsuk
Soundtracks:
- Two-Fifty
- The Score
- Sing Again
- A Bird Is A Song
- Geometry &c.
- Everyone Needs A Home
- Everybody On
- Our Plans, Collapsing
- Archer v. Light
- St. Modesto
- It's Unsustainable
- Holes
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Free Music Review: 4-1/2 stars -- Walla to Walla!
Hit: 4 Stars
For those that don't know, Chris Walla is a member of Death Cab for Cutie. More than that, he is a multi-instrumentalist, but I doubt he's marketed as such; he's one of those people where if you look at the liner notes of a CD and it lists all the members of a band and what instrument they play, HIS assignment would be "everything else" (for instance, he played piano on "Soul Meets Body" while he played lead guitar on "Crooked Teeth"). He didn't split from Death Cab to put out his debut solo album Field Manual, but at any rate, it's damn good.
One surprising thing is that this is one of the rare solo albums that doesn't have a different sound from the band's usual fare (maybe that's what happens when the band DOESN'T split up). Though the rhythms don't necessarily suck you in like the music on Plans, things still work well, as evidenced by "Sing Again", "Our Plans, Collapsing" and "Geometry & C". And the lone mellow track, "It's Unsustainable", is anything but.
Even though this album was delayed, it's a good thing it came out when it did because it's just the thing you need for a spring or summer drive. So grab your sunglasses, jump in the passenger's side and study this field manual.
Anthony Rupert
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Field Manual is a warm and inviting pop album, the perfect accompaniment to a long, pensive drive in a rental car. Chris Walla is the other guy out front in Death Cab for Cutie, and while Death Cab's Monchichi-faced lead singer, Ben Gibbard, was reaping the rewards of his vocal and songwriting work on the Postal Service's surprise hit album, Give Up, Walla was hunkered over mixing boards across the country. His production work for the Long Winters, Nada Surf, the Thermals, Tegan and Sara, Hot Hot Heat, the Decemberists, and his own band has always sat smack dab between the relaxed, poppy vibe of Chris Stamey and the warm yet unadorned approach of Joe Boyd. As lead guitarist, producer, and sometime singer and songwriter for DCFC, Walla has always been the band's unassuming secret weapon. He's not got the octave-spanning range of Mariah Carey and Captain Beefheart. He barely boasts a full octave, but his pleasant, breathy vocals are well served by the textured, literate, political pop songs on Field Manual. This earnest and delightful record was well worth the wait. --Mike McGonigalThe debut solo album from Death Cab For Cutie founding member. An extraordinary album of atmospheric and politically minded alternative pop that displays his singular songwriting vision while simultaneously showing the degree to which his aesthetic has informed Death Cab's sound over the years. Two versions are available: digipak and limited edition cloth-bound hardcover.
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