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Reviews: Giving the Table a Name ~ Tines
Posted on Saturday, August 04, 2007 @ 01:51:58 PDT
Topic: Reviews
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Artist: Giving the Table a Name
CD: Tines
Home: Brooklyn, New York
Style: Indie Rock
Quote: "If Thom Yorke is looking for inspiration to get it back on track, then I might suggest he start here."
By Derek Blackmon
Upon first hearing Brooklyn-based Giving The Table A Name’s sophomore release Tines, there is the uncanny feeling of experiencing the strangest, most fucked-up music you’ll hear east of Jandek. And that is the beauty of it. Where Jandek thrives on making people wonder which, if any, drugs he’s imbibed, Giving The Table A Name could either have taken them all or simply fallen under the Zappa auspice of “take no prisoners, take no drugs, all will be fine.” Also, Radiohead could soon be irrelevant.
From the bizarre (I now must use this word very loosely) “Battery Acid Tongue” and “Peristalsis Goner,” the acoustics seem to waver from avant-garde to sublime. Comparisons to Califone resonate throughout, and where the music here is self-produced, the quality never lacks. Not even for a moment.
“Before And After And Before” is almost hypnotic, and if Thom Yorke is looking for inspiration to get it back on track, then I might suggest he start here.
The experimental nature of this whole album is certainly due to the fact there are no label executives hovering about suggesting to the artist what ‘the people want to hear.’
From the packaging (the lyrics are featured on x-ray film) to the subtle, eerie allusions in “Capillaries,” it’s frightening to think there might be a doctor moonlighting here. If so, just let me die if there are no other options. But make sure this is playing as I fade away.
It’s very clear something great is happening here, what it is we may never know, but while there is still air to breathe, let’s enjoy this one. It may not last and if there is a dry eye in the crowd when it’s over, then surely dehydration is the only logical excuse.
Artist Website: http://www.gttan.com
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