Gris Gris - Gris Gris
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Music CD Cover Artist: Gris Gris Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2004-08-17 Music Label: Birdman Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Gris Gris Album
Free Music Review: a slow boil: this one grew on me.
Hit: 4 Stars
what if lou reed had been frontman for the 13th floor elevators? or the elevators and velvet underground indulged in a week-long, psychedelic-fueled jam session? this might approximate the result. occasional bursts of noisy feedback - never out of context - act as bridges between softer and harder passages throughout the disc, and the whole thing conveys a strong texas/louisiana garage/psych vibe.
i was lured in by hearing 'necessary separation' on pandora, and bought the disc when i found it a little later. the lead track - 'raygun'- i detested at first listen, skipping to the next at the 2:00 mark. sad for me, as i missed the song kicking into high gear around 3:30... it, in the understated words of monty python, "got better." the rest of the cd is a mixture of slower introspection and flat-out raunch-n-roll. not quite what i was expecting (harder and faster, based on my pandora experience), which was a little off-putting at first, but a solid, well-played set of songs nonetheless.
good debut from a band that knows its classics. i'll keep listening.