Part Five
Wanna Contribute?
Wanna Contribute?
It's got that funny smell!
More than a year ago I heard that Mike will tour the world with Steve Vai. One of my first thoughts then was that there won't be a new Keneally album as soon as I was waiting... most likely not even in '97 at all! So the first "Sluggo" surprise for me was that Mike could get all this stuff finished during this year - I mean how did you do it Mikey?!
For a "moosenetter" hearing a new MK/BFD album is a special thing because somehow we've been on the wings of the whole process... by reading Mike's Types and Bryan's Acts you get the picture of what's going on, some of it anyway.
"Sluggo" for me was total "dry-listening" at first. I mean I got my copy of the newborn the day Beller's comments were moosenetted and Keneally himself as we know did his own dirty dishes already earlier... Actually I did read Mike's comments several times (that's about five times...) while waiting the postman to drop the immunezoid envelope into my mailbox. Imagining the music by reading mike's types and later on beller's (only once because the disc was already waiting to be heard!) was kind of fun 'though... I couldn't wait longer to hear the music!
So - to me this album is a mix of powerful poptunes (more or less) and more complex, even strange but somehow very enjoyable instrumentals. Keneally's ability to write great songs shines better through on this "Sluggo" than before. Somehow many of the songs take my mind back to the seventies... there is much "progressive rock" in here, many good melodies... heritage of the earlier ages' music is served respectfully and well! While listening this music one of the very first times my wife said: "This new Keneally is pretty much jazz". I had to take a moment before I could accept her comment. Maybe if we listen to this album as a whole, maybe my dear, that funny smell, it really is there. Yes it is, positively.
"Potato" is a killer poptune and Mike's vocal is very good here, the charm nicely added by backing vocals. As a whole "Sluggo" succeeds "vocally" very well, to me Mike is singing better here than (maybe) before. "Why am I your Guy" with wild and driving "it's me - Bryan Beller"- bass is melodically (and otherwise) also very powerful, like "Frozen Beef", which sounds familiarly so much like Keneally. This league of "powerful songs" also includes "Voyage to Manhood" (which also is very Keneallyesque kind of a song with very Keneallyesque guitar opening... + greatly driving guitar solo and bellerism!) and "Own" (somehow Mike doesn't run out of great melodies, where does he get them from?).
The other league of songs for me on "Sluggo" are so called "instrumentals" even though some of them have also words but these ones are not like "songs" in the first category . "I, Drum-Running, Am Clapboard Bound" makes me think that one of Mike's musical backgrounds is "progressive rock" of the seventies. The rule of these "Sluggo" instrumentals is that they are very much of enjoy and kind of easy to listen to even though how weird the compositions are, good example here is also "Looking for Nina" and "What Happened Next". Actually "Nina" is one of the songs that has a strange power to take a hold of the listener. Is it magic or what? This "second category" also includes the hilarious "I guess I'll Peanut" , "Egg Zooming" which really shows that this kind of "difficult" instrumentals can also be fun and enjoyable, "Cardboard Dog" is the other one that takes my mind back to the seventies... "Sluggo" gives a fascinating and "almost swinging" ending to a great album, it leaves me in a good mood!
But hey, there's something left. My third category includes different kind of songs which somehow get together here (are these my "best of Sluggo"?). "Tranquillado" is one of the great favorites which is a great song with melodies but nothing like a poptune but more like my second category like of a song. This one also seems to have some magic in it. The guitar solo is like not for this song but it sits damn well here! "Beautiful" sounds very Keneally to me, I like this drivin' jazzy vibe here, hey it's that funny smell, isn't it? "I'm Afraid" is touching... great song, can't say more. "Chatfield Manor"... Is this one going to be a classic? To me the song sounds that way... We all remember one songwriting duo called Lennon & McCartney, I think they'd been proud to have written this one. This is a tune that will never die.
I like the booklet of "Sluggo", it's very artistic and makes the whole package a high standard release. "Sluggo" will be Keneally's most successful album to date, no need to say he and BFD deserve it. What we need is to get these songs alive with Mike, Bryan and the rest of the BFD! Finland sez welcome to you!
--Matti Salminen
matti.salminen@skk.inet.fi
"Sluggo!" in '98!
Rather than dissecting every track on this album in excruciating detail, I just want to say that "Sluggo!" was one of the best Christmas gifts I ever received! What a wonderful piece of musical density!
"Sluggo!" definitely earns a special place in my list of favorite albums.
Now, when MK and BB make good on their promise to come to Austin, TX, I will bodily drag my friends to the show!
--Shannon Lawson
zappa@texas.net
Alert
I have stumbled upon a nagging MK/BFD clothing problem.
Problem:
I bought a BFD/MK beanie. Three other fans who own them, too, all complained about the fact that these hats are sized kinda small (for pin heads). And they are so damned cool (the hats) that everyone wears them in pain anyway. This is universal-- lotta pain being delt with out there.
Fix:
I put the scientific method into play and engineered a fix that will restore blood circulation to the heads of MK/BFD adorned hipsters world-wide; and leaves the hat intact too.
--Rich Lewis
The Desired Effect
"The Desired Effect" is from Boil That Dust Speck. If you don't have it, go get it now.
Anyway, Sensitive Larry made a point that "The Desired Effect" is cool because it expresses sentiments of love that are real.
However, this is not the case.
I don't know if I'm allowed to spill the "bean"s on this, but "The Desired Effect" is about Kurt Cobain.
--Oppy
chris@madphat.com
Sensitively Yours,
Sorry, I know this isn't "Boil-That-Dust-Speck-O-Rama", but Kurt Cobain?
I sure didn't see that coming. Maybe I'm not as Sensitive as I thought. If Oppy wants to give me the low down, he may feel free to mail me. Thanks for your time, All.
--Sensitive Larry
State College, PA
lmm150@psu.edu
Sluggo!!!!!!
Well, I have been putting this off since I got the album, but I can wait no longer to contribute to Sluggo!-Rama. Unfortunately, this revelation has come to me after consuming vast amounts of beer and Jagermeister...spelling and punctuation be damned. Although, I have been trying to think of a different ways to present my review, I think I'll go for the song by song rundown for clarity's sake.
POTATO - In my completely unbiased opinion, this may very well be the greatest song in rock history. I have seen some of your ill-favored reviews and for reasons which are quite tangible this song means much to me. That is all...
I, DRUM-RUNNING, AM CLAPBOARD BOUND - This piece is absolutely stunning. It encompasses so much of what I expect to hear from Mr. Keneally. The grand piano on this album is so lush and wonderful...just had to say that at this point. Something I always love about Keneally's music is the fact that there are things in his music which can define or mark a moment as wonderful, inventive, hysterical, bizarre, etc. The groan (Awwoww!) on this tune is one such moment...God I love that...
WHY AM I YOUR GUY? - What can I say about this song that hasn't already been said? It rocks...that's it. I dug up the Tar Tape version and I have to say that I'll never get over the amount of development and revision that Keneally's music goes through. The versions are similar in structure, but in terms of attitude and sound, they are from different planets. That's all I can add to the discussion...nuff said.
LOOKING FOR NINA - This was a very early favorite. The bizarre verse sections, the groove of Taco Physique (which I think I have, the physique, not the groove), Cashola, and the whole idea of examining something so closely, that you completely miss the point...hey, what is that fucking, what the, what the hell is that noise :-).
FROZEN BEEF (Come With Me) - When I first got the album, I kinda glazed by this song, not thinking too much about it...it had a cool riff and the "Come with me" section had been stuck in my head since I first downloaded Slugfest. Now that I have listened to the album a multitude of times my ears perk up at this tune. I think the attitude of the "protagonist" is so representative of many of the people that I hate in my age group. Admit it, you know them...the whisper-thin waiters, with the heroin-chic eyes, trying to push day old biscotti, you just want to stick a fork in their eye. I have to stop now...
TRANQUILLADO - An absolute masterpiece. My favorite song on the album. Fantastic - Fabulous - Phantasmagorical. Words cannot describe how much I love this song. The train whistle, the piano, I just can't get the chorus out of my head!!!!!! Someone in an earlier Sluggorama review mentioned Schoenberg and when I first heard this tune it reminded me of Pierrot Lunaire, the song cycle by Schoenberg...it must be the piano :-). Once again, I am speechless (sort of).
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT - This piece is very moody, it develops so slowly. Very tidal...I love the way it sounds...textured.
CHATFIELD MANOR- Another song that had to grow on me a little, but now I love it. I love the directions on how to get to Chatfield Manor, depending on whether you are going up or down the freeway. It's nice to see MK stretch out a little bit in the soloing department.
BEAUTIFUL- I drive my girlfriend crazy by trying to sing along with this song in the car. I do a pretty good job...I don't know why it bothers her so much. Anyway, I think that this a great example of Keneally's ability to construct, beautiful, complex and "catchy" melodies. How do you write a song, based on a venting session, written down on a magazine and have it come out so BEAUTIFUL? Don't ask me...ask Keneally!
I GUESS I'LL PEANUT- I love the way peanut becomes a verb in this song. It always conjures up images of "peanutting" actually being an activity. You don't want to know about the images...
VOYAGE TO MANHOOD - This song makes me think of many wasted nights in my friend's cabana listening to Led Zeppelin's Presence. The Christopher Cross reference is too funny. What a great rock song. Great guitar and really good vocals. The world would be a better place if we all had ceiling fans and coasters.
EGG ZOOMING - I have been waiting to get to this for the whole review. This song is so much fun it rips me up inside. Obviously the drums, bass and guitar are absolutely superb throughout. The composition of the piece is also very solid. It is so thick with beautiful poly rhythms and melodies, that I think it really represents a huge step forward in Mike's music. I don't mean this to sound pretentious, as if I know what Mike is thinking, but I feel that this song goes far beyond anything that he has done before on any of his albums. Compositionally dense, yet brimming with humor; it is brilliant. My favorite part comes when the "Egg Zooming" melody comes back in and the vocals accompany it. Just listen to the wah on the guitar line doubling the vocal. It's the best!
OWN - It's very tough to follow Egg Zooming. Own does a good job...it resets the stage and brings us back a little bit. The vocal performance reminds me a little bit of Weekend off Dust Speck...Oddly enough I have an easier time listening to OWN on it's own than wedged between Egg Zooming and I'm Afraid...the second single perhaps:-)
I'M AFRAID - This is going to be a short review. First, I am from the tribe of people who really enjoy this song If you are of this tribe go on to the next review. For the people who do not like this song, ask yourself this: Have you ever expressed yourself so eloquently to another person using the spoken word, let alone writing a song and putting it on an album for everyone to hear? Can't you feel how he feels? I know I can and I don't even have a daughter. People talk about wanting to hear feeling in music well here it is...I guess it was longer than I thought it was going to be.
CARDBOARD Dog- Majestic and somewhat overwhelming. There's the short review :-).
SLUGGO - That piano again. It's just so fantastic...a great way to end the album. Solo Keneally.
THIS ALBUM ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading the ramblings of a tipsy Keneally freak hope they were somewhat coherent. All opinions are just that, opinions, and are subject to change.
Take Care,
--Mike Gaito
Burlington, Vermont (formerly of Farmington, Maine)
torgo@together.net
If.........
If this was a perfect world, Mike Keneally would at the top of his profession. But in a way he is. Keneally creates music on a par above the norm.
Sluggo, his fourth studio album (third if you don't count "The Mistakes"), continues in the tradition of his previous two efforts,"Hat' and "Boil That Dust Speck", to challenge the listener with sonic tapestry, both vocal and instrumental, be it serious or silly.
If Mike's music goes unnoticed by the industry at large, it would be a crime indeed.
--J. T.
The Long Awaited Sluggo! Review From Michigan....
Just where does one start discussing/reviewing/absorbing....Sluggo! ?
For sure it is a disc of many faces, new directions, and more infinite Keneallyisms.
MK asked me of my feelings on the disc during one of our recent emails. At the time I was not ready to expose my naked (but soon to be read) feelings song-to-song for him, but I gave a quick overview. It does sound brown-nosed biased as I read it now, but believe me, I was just REALLY DAMN HAPPY about hearing it and having a chance to speak and I spoke from the heart:
I have heard it 3 times so far. I don't want to give you a rundown today--let me absorb it a couple more times. Then I will give you the song by song or review. I can without a doubt tell you right now it is the BEST work I have heard you do--I feel as if you have surpassed another "level" in your musical life...I mean--it is hard to put it into words as you read this, but I feel as if you have combined ALL of your band/solo/project experiences and meld them into this piece. It rings full of heart, soul, and expression... And the weird thing about it...I can honestly say I think a lot of the songs may be radio ready--and still have the MK/FEZ intricate workout on it! Not that any of your past work didn't, it's just--I could hear some good "hit" style songs and they still are intricate and totally MK...hard to put it into words. Maybe how a Yes fan felt the first time they heard them on the radio back when they did The Yes Album or Fragile. Just jaw dropping and unexplainable. Well--I guess I did sort of give you a rundown...hahahahaha. I JUST FUCKING LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MK replied to me:
"You just said everything I hoped to convey with this album - it thrills me that it's reaching people the way that I'd wished for. Thank you."
I must let everyone in on a secret (and please don't scold me as I have sort of sinned in the MK society)--I have yet to read SLUGGO!--RAMA in its entirety.(!) I have read a few bits here and there...none of the long entries and only a few of the quick entries (I have read MK's own outlook on it and every LOB). As of right now the S!--R is on its fourth round. The purpose behind that you ask? I don't want to give myself any suggestions or persuasions that may tamper with the review that I have been called upon by many to write. Sorry Ron...I'll read when this is submitted. Nice Palmero one though.
So now COME WITH ME.....
*Potato*
This should make the first single when the world is ready and the radio stations wake up...I know here in Michigan (especially Mid-Michigan where I am) the radio stations think all people want is AC/DC, Metallica, and Zeppelin (well, Def Leppard and Aerosmith too, depending on who has the more current album).
MK's vocals are the most direct and clearly delivered I have heard. I suspect this song will be much faster when it is delivered live. The guitar tones are quite welcoming and the flange and acoustic bits are perfect. The solo kicks in so fucking cool--and is maybe the most 'fitting' solo MK has done so far...nothing overboard, just a song pleasing solo. Just hearing "I hope that gravity's not goin' away" and "Embrace my face and spread some happiness butter," lets me know that my MK fix is complete, right off the bat. Not to mention the "We went to Maine (through the) Australia" verse....
Great way to kick off the album. I really enjoyed the Briggs drumming experience on this too. The backing vocals are a bit "muppety" on this...what I mean is, they aren't bad (NOT AT ALL), they just give me that goofy, head-bopping-put-a-smile-on-my-face feeling. Ahhhhh--joy.
I played this disc for a friend who has a hard time digesting anything that isn't in 4/4 time and three and a half minutes long. He was pounding his foot on the footstool part of the chair and shaking his head to the melody while he was reading a magazine. By the time the second chorus of "'Cause it's potato, potato" came around, he looks over at me, smiling, and says, "Is he saying potato there? What the fuck?" and started laughing. I think this was powerpop for the '90s to his ears....he was won over until................
*I, Drum-Running, Am Clapboard Bound*
This is definitely a great way of saying---hello boys and girls in Keneally land, I'm still here. After a track like "Potato", it stopped my pal right in his foot tapping glory. I think I was most looking forward to hearing this song--due to title alone--when the chat first came about (LOB I think...?) Another ditty culled from the land of all things Zappaesque. If there is any Zappa fan that hasn't heard about MK's solo music, don't you think that they are missing the continuing story?
Thoroughly enjoyable and completely CLASSIC MK. The acoustic interlude with the bass ditty--and the stacked electric's....superb. When the piano started the song, I got the feeling of the Peanuts track on the Merry Axemas compilation. Such a sound. From 4:14 to 4:33 essences of King Crimson can be found...must have been all the touring with Robert Fripp. The backward guitar is very cool there. I love the sound of MK going (screwing up?) "oooohhhh" about half way through the tune. Think that will make a great sound sample, eh Ron? Turn your computer into animated porn noises! Gee, what the piano can do to you sometimes....
*Why Am I Your Guy*
Tearing from speaker to speaker--my stereo is thoroughly rocked!!!!!!!!!!!! FLAMING KENEALLY. But that ain't the best part. BRYAN BELLER is the King. Why aren't there songs like this anymore? Sometimes you hear a bass lead through a song and it just rides it overboard, takes it to the top, gives it BALLS and then some. Very awesome tune. The classic line-up of MK/BB/Toss. This is the kind of song I want played live after something mellow just to throttle the audiences' ass into the next dimension. I like this song a ton. So did my now headbanging friend until.........
*Looking For Nina*
This is a masterpiece and a step into the next world for MK--no ifs, an's, or but's about it. I was hoping we would be taken on a different adventure and the dream came true. This is "hat" times 10....the very closest cousin to many of those tracks. The Taco Physique interlude is just gracious. Briggs must have been smiling after he heard this on CD. Awesome drumming. I love the TP bit of Bryan going, "Hey what is that fuckin' what the hell is that noise!" and the MK follow up in the left channel. Just having a ton of fun with this track. I would have loved watching this track evolve. I hope someone was there to video tape it for a future MK/BFD Video club issue. Just call it Taco Physique and take us to the land.....looking for Nina of course.
*Frozen Beef (Come With Me)*
First thing I thought of before I heard the track--ah, the first Beef reference since the awesome Z "My Beef Mailbox". This is the MK guitar workout. I LOVE this track...it has all the elements of a great song and another overboard job by Beller and MK. Definitely Joe on drums--beating the living fuck out of all the symbols as I have seen him do before. Joe is just smokin' keeping with BB on this. I love the anger I hear in MK's voice and the way the tune progresses. The lyrics are sweet... You know a good song when you remember the lyrics. However--I spent the ENTIRE following day after I got this CD making up rhymes with "I look like Marcia Clark." hahahahahahaha.......... (I'm cooking in the dark, I ate some tree bark, I look like Marcia Clark...and it wouldn't go away or end there!!!!!!!) Another cool thing--another classic "Na na" song. Ending "Na-na na na na-na, na-na na na na-na...." The little soprano part over top of MK yelling the lyrics just before the Na-na--"I---want---somefrozenbeef" is just killer.
*TRANQUILLADO*
It took me till just.....now to figure out what the hell I was hearing in the opening lines. Joe Jackson. Reminds me of the 'ol Joe Jackson "Night and Day" disc I have. At least until we get to the trotting "Tranquillado" part. Makes me want to find a Scottish kilt, lay my arms on top of each other in front of me and prance around. How silly... I can see some of those bagpipe dancers going off on this one. I think this is another extension of the "Looking For Nina" track earlier, albeit the other direction. The little toot toot sound after "And the motto was..." is perfect. Sometimes I wonder what is going on inside MK's head while he is in the studio. The little sound bites (throughout the album as well) are exceptional. I think the Beatles were probably the last band to toss ideas like that into tunes. Thank God someone is still on top of things.
*What Happened Next*
MK on bass--or is that some keyboard bass. Love the fretless sound. Another exquisite interluding track with some above and beyond playing by MK and Tom Freeman. Perfectly melding into......
*Chatfield Manor*
Best song on the album? My favorite track on the disc? Pretty damn close on all accounts. The focus of this song, the journey the music takes on, the directions the lyrics give...probably my choice for single #2. I am reminded of Yes many times throughout the track. Keneally on the slide--CAN WE GET SOME MORE PLEASE? I was waiting for a huge slide drape up the frets--kind of like Howe on the pedal steel...launching the song into the stratosphere. The intricate soloing and layout is excellent. Bryan nails the bass parts so great, this song is very stable for such a long track (over 8 minutes). Toss is so fucking cool on the song it hurts. Thanks guys--I hope this one makes an appearance live some day.
*Beautiful*
Little George Benson meets FZ's Jazz Discharge Party Hats...or something like that. Highly enjoyable. I get the feeling that this is a song that MK just HAD to write. The sequencing on this disc is amazing. Just about the time "Chatfield" gets done, I relax into the fold again with "Beautiful". Nice job guys.
*I Guess I'll Peanut*
Next to "I, Drum-Running, Am Clapboard Bound," I was awaiting this track. Definitely in the groove for the disc. I would be so fucking disappointed if there wasn't something like this on a disc with the MK stamp on it. Sure does make you wonder about the story behind it (thankfully we can go on-line and find out).
*Voyage To Manhood*
This is a track that should have been out to get recorded on Half-Alive In Hollywood! I can hear the classic line-up (MK, BB, Toss) tear this one up and bring it to another level. Great party story song. Little Christopher Cross anyone? Neil Young? MK can always make me picture a tune just by how he describes the lyrics. This will be another treat live, I hope.
*Egg Zooming*
The last track name I couldn't wait to check out. Peanut, Drum-Running, and Egg Zooming. MK is fab on the keys. The guitar parts kick ass. This must have been a real fucking challenge for Mangini and Beller to play. I think this is the most adventurous of every track on the entire CD. I am just in awe of the music of this song. I can't wait to hear some of this in a live setting with Marc Ziegenhagen doing parts. This disc is full of amazing keyboard possibilities.
*Own*
I love the Leslie sound on this! Matter of fact--just got me a Leslie simulator just after I got this disc (not realizing at the time it is on here). Now I have a song to dick around with...cool! Bryan's bass is sticking to my ribs--very thick and enjoyable. The flow of the song is great...it kind of reminds me of water....hahahahaha. Must be that damn Leslie sound. The acoustic sounds soooooooo sweeeeeeet. Like "take it down a bit boys." The solo is another well fitted solo, much like the one in "Potato". Another song that is just wonderful ear candy. The ending is smoking....
*I'm Afraid*
I wondered when the day this type of song was coming from MK. I just see him sitting back, reflecting, dreaming, and wondering--and trying to catch it all in the tip of his pen before his thoughts overflow some more. For those of us who never have saw Jesse--we have in a sense. Through the eyes and lyrics of daddy. Single #3--this is perfect for a first time listener, not familiar to BFD land, to reflect their own lives through this song (although I'm sure it may be too personal for MK to want to release it).
*Cardboard Dog*
Joe Jackson makes a return appearance again...? Maybe the way the lyrics are slowly stretched from measure to measure. "Spearmint Pup" came to mind as soon as I read this song title. I always loved it when a band puts out some sort of "connection" song an album or two later. The middle section reminds me of Phish. I remember telling someone once that (describing BFD as best as I could) as Phish on acid. To put it Frankly... Gee, think we will ever get to hear "Rift" on Halloween some year? I love the adventure this song takes on. The piano is awesome, as is the really quite guitar noodling. Awesome ending.
*Sluggo*
Sitting in a bar somewhere...I picture MK just going to town on the public piano. Nifty ideas...where is the tip cup.... Leaving that last open question to hold you in their hand until the next BFD release. Ahhhhhh....life is once again complete and our cup runneth over.
Well--I have spent nearly 5 days putting this together...guess that is what the Holiday's do to ya. I know that I've played the shit out of this CD in the short amount of time I've had it. And this year is bound to be filled with Dolphins, no doubt about it. Let's go up the freeway and see each other on the road this year...
"And the Motto Was,"
--Scott Baker
Jan. 5, 12:24 a.m.
BIGG HEEAAAADS !!
yes, many days later, sluggo still continues to delight and amaze......
to RICH LEWIS and other folks with the BEANIE problem!!!: i'm glad you had the patience to figure that remedy out!!!
i just pulled my beanie on so aggresively, that the white cloth backing broke on its own.....!!!!!!! talk about a BIG HEAD!!!! i done broke thru on my own...!!!! eeegaddss.....! that'll learn ya!!
so beware to the rest of you, USE RICH's alteration TIP!!
--lloyd thayer
thayerl@bc.edu
Sluggomania runnin' wild
I don't think I need to reiterate this once again,but Keneally and Co. have done an incredible job on Sluggo. It's so completely amazing that I have to routinely slap myself while listening to it just to retain my sanity. I work for Adrian Belew and King Crimson, so I'm pretty used to hearing the unbelievable...but this record continues to floor me.What can I say about this elixir?!!!
--Ken Latchney
WARNING:
Sluggo! has taken hold of me. Somebody, anybody, get salt and rub it on the monster so it will let go! Every song has been masterfully recorded and sequenced to systematically attack our hypothalamus and pituitary glands, rendering us into what experts call "Keneallyphreaks". The process is slow, and almost undetectable. From what I can ascertain, repeated listenings of said disc causes the victim to become accustomed, or addicted to the songs. Before one realizes it, he or she is hiding behind dumpsters, discman clutched firmly, looking for one more fix. This everlasting gobstopper of aural pleasure must be stopped! It's too late for me, I just hope I can help someone else.
--John Meehan
Swaying and Swooning...an Emotional Woman's Opinion
Preparing to write, I put on the ol' earphones & guess what happens? I can't type. Because I have to stop and listen of course. Wait. Something I hadn't heard before just happened.
Okay. Lowered volume helps.
How brave and generous is Sluggo! This album is so full. Glorious and overflowing like the dessert you shouldn't have, like a lover, like way too much goodness. It beckons & you can't get enough. I want to absorb this music. The lust and gluttony of sound--is there a word for this?
I listen and my breathing changes. Often I find myself smiling with my hand to my chest like I've just been surprised with a gift. Fancy that.
There are very few things in the worlde as devistatingly good as this beautiful album. The songs are truly stop-and-ponder amazing & everybody plays so perfectly.
When you first heard Mike, Did you ever imagine that he would make this album? It is so very him and so happily surprising at the same time.
Wowed and appreciating every second,--Sarah Crochet
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