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| 3.5 great | GhandhiLion | July 25th 18 |
At times I would rather listen to this than Tortoise. A gem that expands on the post-rock
and slowcore style of the times, (Tortoise, The For Carnation, Gastr del Sol,Bedhead)
adding a strong Country influence. (Untitled #1 + #4)
2019 notes:
#2 and #3 have hints of Mogwai, before Mogwai
#5 , and especially #6 , show a strong Fahey influence. Pajo's Pink Holler isn't
that far from #5
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| 4.0 excellent | zaruyache | July 27th 17 |
Friends Ken Brown (Gastr Del Sol, Tortoise), Doug Scharin (Codeine, June of 44), and James Warden got together to create the not-a-band "Directions" after the dissolving of Codeine and Brown's exit from Tortoise. Highly influenced by Tortoise's rather carefree approach to post-rock, "Directions in Music" is a rather forgotten entry into the early post-rock pantheon. It's rather straightforward pretty instrumental rock music; Scharin's light, jazzy drumming gives songs a quiet sense of energy and movement beneath Brown and Warden's equally casual melodic work. Outside of that basic description there's not a whole lot left to describe on Directions in Music. It's solid early post-Tortoise post-rock and is something fans of the style (and especially mellow music in general) should definitely appreciate. Maybe what makes the album most historically significant, though, is the band's use of aesthetic's here, rather than the music itself; held as more of a one-off collaboration between friends than a "real" band, the songs are all untitled and the musicians refused to have their pictures taken for use in promotion and album artwork--a sort of oath of anonymity of which later post-rock bands would continue to explore.
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| 4.0 excellent | Emo | June 7th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ExitOnly | November 18th 19 |
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