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I Jennyanykind (Michael e Mark Holland,
provenienti dalla North Carolina) suonano rock psichedelico ispirato ai classici
degli anni '60, anche se la loro ambizione e` di suonare come i
Flaming Lips.
Le loro radici sono anzi palesemente nell'acid-rock, anche se
Etc (No 6, 1994) cambia stile a ogni canzone, passando dal
shoegazing (Windchimes)
al grunge, dal folk-pop (Shiny Shiny) ai Velvet Underground
(Garden).
Blues Of The Afflicted (No 6, 1995) is more focused but also less
entertaining, but thankfully closes in on her laid-back psychedelic blues-rock
(She's So Sinful).
Le canzoni di Mythic (No 6, 1995) sono
registrate volutamente male, con frequenti dissonanze e ritmi sincopati,
e tentano volutamente di imitare il sound piu` obliquo degli anni '60
(Jellyfish) e persino Tom Waits The Tale Of The Cigarette King.
Quando i riferimenti sono Doors e Neil Young
(Threshold), il complesso si guadagna se non altro il titolo di decoroso
seguace.
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(Clicka qua per la versione Italiana)
Revelater (Elektra, 1996) is an album obsessed with
religious imagery, and the sound is indeed permeated by gospel and soul,
but the singer has more aces up his sleeve, and can launch in
the piano-driven spiritual-like rant of Repent In Time while
mimicking David Bowie,
There are touches of classic rock everywhere.
After the first few soul/blues notes of
Revelation In Practice Room #13
a gospel organ shivering in the background,
one expects Janis Joplin to begin screaming like a maniac.
You Better Get Right With God and
Every Executioner Has A Song
are tense sermons that seem to caricature Bob Dylan.
And When The Sun Shines Down On The Average
is one of the best imitation of the
Velvet Underground's superhuman boogie
since the Modern Lovers, followed by
a canonical Lou Reed recitation in Revelater.
Day Of The Dead even rings of La Bamba and
Los Lobos.
All in all, this is another album that contains enough ideas for several
albums.
The Holland brothers resurfaced with a new line-up on
Big Johns (Yep Roc, 1998).
Recorded as a duo, I Need You (Yep Roc, 2000) is a relaxed, folksy
album that recalls Roger McGuinn's early solos.
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