About Light, Sweet Crude
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Recorded over the course of six months at their San Francisco studio, Light, Sweet Crude is the ambitious full-length debut from The Famous. It’s a heartfelt statement that shuns irony for a return to honesty and simplicity.
By instilling lyrical insurgency to a blend of roots and country-infused indie-rock, The Famous go beyond merely aping their influences – the pitfall of so many bands with retro inclinations – and bring a new and unique voice to the alt.country landscape.
The album opens with the schizophrenic post-rock onslaught of “Son of the Snake” and transitions into “It’s Done,” which juxtaposes quiet moments of ominous tension before the explosion of a gritty honky-tonk refrain.
The melancholy twang of “Tear” is an earnest tale of lost love while “True Believer” (inspired by a Miró painting) transcends the psychobilly from outer space of the Reverend Horton Heat by incorporating the stream-of-consciousness lyrical approach of The Pixies.
“Midway” sets wistful tales of childhood desires to a minimalist indie-rock soundtrack reminiscent of Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville while “Lost” builds from the simple relentless drive of its opening riff to a layered climax of ghostly vocals and careening backwards guitar.
A favorite of their inspired live shows, “Deconstruction Worker” may well be the only straight-up country song ever written to cite Derrida, Kierkegaard and other giants of post-modern thought.
Joining Vic and Laurence on the album are drummer Ches Smith (Mr. Bungle, Theory of Ruin), bassist Rob Douglas (Chuck Prophet, John Vanderslice), and longtime collaborators Chris Fruhauf and Jack Dunham, on drums and bass respectively.
This 13-song effort was mixed at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone studio by Aaron Prellwitz (Neil Young, Death Cab For Cutie, Red House Painters) and is available now from www.thefamous.net and www.cdbaby.com/thefamous/.
Free MP3s -- Podsafe!
- Midway (3.6MB)
- Get You Back (4.2MB)
- It's Done (3.5MB)
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- Son of the Snake (3:33)
Real | WMA - It's Done (3:03)
Real | WMA | Free MP3 (3.5MB) - Tear (3:19)
Real | WMA - True Believer (4:23)
Real | WMA - Midway (3:35)
Real | WMA | Free MP3 (3.6MB) - Lost (3:51)
Real | WMA - Better Things (3:53)
Real | WMA - Overtime (2:49)
Real | WMA - Nothing (2:14)
Real | WMA - Get You Back (3:43)
Real | WMA - Deconstruction Worker (3:09)
Real | WMA - Frumpy (2:35)
Real | WMA - I Wonder (3:54)
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