Pinetop Seven

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they have been mentioned five times on ILM. they have a new album out that's really good. discus.

― gear (gear), Saturday, 29 October 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)

The gap between the last album and this new one is so vast I can't remember enough to compare it to those older releases (which I obviously haven't listened to in a long while). The new one's nice and all, but nothing besides "A Page From the Desert" is memorable once the record's done playing.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Saturday, 29 October 2005 19:53 (twenty years ago)

I really love this album. Those backing vocals. That coda to His Aging Miss Idaho. The chorus to Fringe. One of my favorites this year.

― someteenpartying, Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

Wow, this record is fantastic. Maybe my second-favorite of the year behind Okkervil.

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

this album's a grower. i still think their best is "bringing home the last great strike", but I'm warming to this new one more each time i put it on

― Brett G. (Brett G.), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 06:39 (twenty years ago)

Who knew they still existed? I really liked Bringing Home. What's this one like.

― Vornado, Wednesday, 14 December 2005 14:47 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Still tragically underrated.

― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 October 2007 23:10 (eighteen years ago)

My favorite album of theirs is Rigging The Toplights, which balances the (somewhat) straightforward alt.country of their debut with the as-often-tiring-as-transcendent expansiveness of Bringing Home The Last Great Strike. The only duff track on Rigging is "Measuring Up," which displays Darren's weakness at writing simple, confessional singer-songwriter fare as opposed to the richly detailed story-songs that make up most of the band's output.

Mega bonus points for sampling Boris Badenov, or a decent soundalike, performing a Russian roulette routine ("now you go. here is the pistol"...**gunshot**..."ahaaa, you lose!") on some track off their debut.

― hawth, Thursday, 11 October 2007 05:45 (eighteen years ago)

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