Sounds Dumpy

January 17, 2007 at 5:31 pm · Filed under audio

* Dump: My Head In Your Hands (5.0 mb) | Positively Jeff Oliphant (6.0 mb) | Made For It (7.5 mb)
From A Plea For Tenderness : Brinkman Records : BKM70CD

A Plea For Tenderness

There must be something totally liberating about lo-fi four-track recordings that causes musicians to come back to it, again and again. James McNew is a perfect example. As bassist for Yo La Tengo (look here and here), he already has an outlet for his musical demons and decent studios to work in and yet, he still breaks out the ole four-track and gives it a while every once in awhile as Dump (look here).

Well, whatever his reasons for doing these recordings, I’m most definitely glad he does. Dump songs have a totally endearing, cute as a button feel to them that makes me want to tap my toes and give James a giant bear hug.

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