Penetration


sorabji.com: What song or tune is going through your head right now?: Penetration
By Spider on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 - 09:44 am:

    Have you ever seen an idealist with grey hairs on his head?
    Or successful men who keep in touch with unsuccessful friends?

    You only think you did.
    And I could have sworn I saw it too.
    But as it turns out it was just a clever ad for cigarettes.




    I got the new Pedro the Lion album on Sunday. It's called "Control." It is really really good.

    The songs tell the story of the dissolution of a marriage. He cheats on her, and she kills him.

    It's bitter:

    "I could never divorce you / but it's good to have options."

    It's very pretty and clever, though. Low production quality, but I like fuzziness. Neat melodies and chord structures. Good story-telling.

    I recommend this to everyone. Go to Audiogalaxy and look for the following songs:

    Rapture
    Magazine
    Priests and Paramedics

    You can also find a few MP3s at http://www.jadetree.com, I believe. I'll do some exploring.


    I'm serious -- you have to hear this album.


By Spider on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 - 09:59 am:

    Ooh, if you go here you can download "Rapture" and "Penetration."

    Do it!


By patrick on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 - 12:05 pm:

    Jade Tree is a good label. I have some old Eggs, Pitchblend and Universal Order of Armageddon 7"s.

    actually since my turntable is still crapped out, i listening to the Universal Order mp3....how cool. Havent heard them in probably 8 years.

    those two Pedro the Lion tunes are alright, likeable, but easily faded out to background.


    actually as im looking through their catalog, im seeing bands i didnt realize were on Jade Tree.

    Im now listening to Zero Zero whom I saw open up for JSBX last month. Its ok, but they had a curiosity about them live im satisfyign now. Thanks for linking Jade Tree spidey, though i dont share your enthusiasm for Pedro....


By Spider on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 - 12:55 pm:

    Aw, you have to listen to the whole album with the songs in order. Each song is a piece of the whole.

    Girls Against Boys are releasing their new album in two weeks on Jade Tree.

    I think Jade Tree is cool mostly because it's out of Wilmington, DE. I went to high school in Wilmington, and *nothing* else good has come out of that place. That I know of.

    Did you know "Fight Club" is set in Wilmington? It's the credit card company capitol of the country (world?). A few neighboring towns are name-dropped in one scene, and that confirms the location.