Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
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Artist: GrandaddyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-06-06
Music Label: V2 North America
Soundtracks:
- He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot
- Hewlett's Daughter
- Jed The Humanoid
- The Crystal Lake
- Chartsengrafs
- Underneath The Weeping Willow
- Broken Household Appliance National Forest
- Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)
- E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils Of Keeping It Real)
- Miner At The Dial-A-View
- So You'll Aim Toward The Sky
Free Music Notes for The Sophtware Slump
Free Music Review: Scrappy space rock from a bleak, commercialist future.
Hit: 5 Stars
I was introduced to Grandaddy as a band "similar to Radiohead", though I'm not sure why anybody would say that. They carry more of the cosmic-garage-rock feel of the Flaming Lips. Not quite as decadent as the Lips, they share the earnest vocals, and simple keyboard grandeur. I like every part of this album, from the epic introduction "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" with it's nine minutes of morose piano, to the ironic, environmentally conscious "Broken Household Appliance National Forest". The songwriting, and composition are engaging in every part. They're mangy, they're magnificent, they're grandaddy.
The Sophtware Slump Poster
By pledging allegiance to old-time country music, 1960s power pop, and cheesy '70s electronic music, Grandaddy create an unlikely merger that, when it works, recalls the poppier elements of the Flaming Lips ("The Crystal Lake"). At other times ("He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot"), you might hear the rustic charm of Palace shot through with a dose of Kraftwerk. Much like, say, Mark Linkous (who helms Sparklehorse), Grandaddy mastermind Jason Lytle camps out in a remote part of the world (Modesto, California, in his case) and then transmits his off-kilter observations with a minimum of fuss. He can be poignant (the piano ballad "Underneath the Weeping Willow") or too clever for his own good ("Broken Household Appliance National Forest," a love song to technology's grimier half). But then just as Grandaddy mix disparate musical influences, they also jam together in-jokes on top of pathos. --Rob O'ConnorAlternative Rock Music CDs
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