Rhett Miller - The Instigator
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Artist: Rhett MillerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Our Love
- This Is What I Do
- Come Around
- Things That Disappear
- World Inside The World
- Point Shirley
- Four-Eyed Girl
- Hover
- The El
- Your Nervous Heart
- I Want To Live
- Terrible Vision
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Free Music Review: Smart, funny, and moving...
Hit: 4 Stars
Rhett Miller's solo debut is a fine example of melody and smart lyrics combined into an admirable listening experience. Lines like, "My friend is trapped in a shame spiral" and "Every one of us has a secret rhythm beating like a drum," create a feeling intelligence while each song has a musical setting that provides the listener with pleasure. Name dropping Kafka and Dellio make sure you're paying attention and songs like "The El" that approximate train sounds reminiscent of "The Orange Blossom Special" just end up putting a smile on your face. Nor does Miller forget the emotional components of songs; many here deal with relationships at all stages sung like a man who has an understanding of what can go right or wrong with them. This is just a well balanced effort from an artist who has decided to follow his own muse. Occasionally not everything works on the same level, "Four Eyed Girl" is just a throwaway and "I Want To Live" is far too strident, but these are the exceptions. It is a song like "Your Nervous Heart," with the singer's tentative approach to a loved one's anger at the day's end that make this one a keeper with my hope that Miller will provide more of the same in the future.
PS. THE BELIEVER is even better!
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Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller has always stuck to songs of heartbreak, I-done-bad confessionals, and the occasional exercise in rave-up solipsism. Regardless of which of those areas he's explored, he's set his lyrics in flawless melodies and delivered them with infectious energy. With The Instigator, Miller is at least partially on his own. Here he fronts a band that's less about fast-paced rocking and more about pushing his passionate yowl to the fore. He's still wondering if he's "gonna be lonely for the rest of my life" ("Come Around"), and he's doing so with such heart-rending conviction that you can't stop listening. And Miller's still creating melodies that shine in any setting. Straying from the guitar/bass/drums setup of the 97's, Miller employs organ on the tender "World Inside the World" and a decorous acoustic backing on the midtempo, pop-radio-friendly "Point Shirley" and "Four-Eyed Girl." Miller's energy bursts forth on the opener, "Our Love," and on his lo-fi paean to Chicago, "The El." Fans who like the Miller who pours his heart all over the stage will love The Instigator. --Andrew BartlettDebut from frontman and main songwriter for acclaimed Dallas quartet Old 97's. 12 tracks. Elektra. 2002.
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