Very Soon, and in Pleasant Company

Very Soon, and in Pleasant Company Artist: Shipping News
Label: Quarter Stick
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 036172006526
EAN: 0036172006526
ASIN: B000055T2Y


Release Date: 2001-01-16

Very Soon, and in Pleasant Company


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Tracks:

  1. The March Song
  2. Actual Blood
  3. Simple Halo
  4. Nine Bodies, Nine States
  5. Quiet Victories
  6. Contents Of A Landfill
  7. How To Draw Horses

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars THIS IS INTELLIGENT MUSIC!!.......2001-09-20

I could reduce all my Cd's to three categories: the stupid, the funny and the intelligent. "Very soon & in pleasant company" is set in the third group. "Actual blood" is one of the finnest and saddest ballads I have ever heard. "Quiet victories" is, maybe, the greatest song of the year; it's absolutely mavellous hoy it goes "in crescendo". "Contents of a landfill" is beautiful and poetic. And "how to draw horses" is the ideal music for a greek tragedy. Let me tell you this is not an easy album, but if you listen to it with patient, you will fall in love with it.

5 out of 5 stars Boston Phoenix review by Tristram Lozaw.......2001-02-09

Mixed at Boston's Sonics Studio, the second full-length from this Louisville crew is shot through with jarring shifts in emotion. There are no gentle modulations here. One minute, Shipping News are pounding out angular Jesus Lizard-style clang, looking to see where the chaos theory of math rock will take them ("The March Song"). The next, they're neck-deep in devastation ("Actual Blood"), with darkly hued chamber strings carrying their beautiful mourning to the netherworld. Then the proceedings fracture into a sparse, dead-rock nothingness, where the singing, what little there is of it, strains to underline the pent-up futility in the music ("Quiet Victories").

Bassist Jason Noble (also of Rachel's) and guitarist Jeff Mueller (also of June of 44) inject some of the dynamics and experimentalism they honed together in Rodan. Drummer Kyle Crabtree (of Metroshifter) pushes nihilist beats like those on "Nine Bodies," which sounds like malicious prog-rock fed through the Vincent Price Fly setting on a minimalist filter. But it's the textures supplied by slowly chiming guitars and Rachel's pals Christian Frederickson (viola) and Edward Grimes (vibes) that lift this dementia and allow it to succeed, despite long stretches of seeming aimlessness.

-- Tristram Lozaw

2 out of 5 stars sorry guys.........2001-02-01

sorry but I loved the first album, couldnt wait for the new one, but was disapointed when I finally got it. The first album was catchy, rockin, and grooving, while some tracks were simplistic and aestetic, some insanely complexe and very interesting. This new album is polor opposite. slow, not very toe tapping at all. Out of 7 songs i would only say 2 or (maybe) three tracks are worthy of purchase. the first track has some AWESOME bass work, and the 4th track is cool in its minimalist/indie vibe. Im putting this album into permanent light rotation in my collection. disapointed, but the first album nearly makes up for it. Save your money. has anyone read the book called "the shipping news"? thanks for listening, rock on.

5 out of 5 stars billboard.com review by Jonathan Cohen.......2001-01-26

The Shipping News has often seemed like just another side project for Jason Noble and Jeff Mueller, who raged in the early '90s as members of Louisville's Rodan and went on to be principals in the high-profile indie rock outfits Rachel's and June Of 44, respectively.

But on the group's second album, "Very Soon, And In Pleasant Company," the Shipping News transcends its members' pasts, arriving at something new without losing sight of the qualities that made their older material rewarding. The seven tracks excel at dynamic instrumental interplay between Noble, Mueller, and drummer Kyle Crabtree, at times harsh and angular ("The March Song"), at others contemplative and reserved ("Actual Blood"). Sometimes you get both in the course of one long track ("Quiet Victories").

And although Noble and Mueller have usually preferred shouting/screaming to actual singing, the vocal material here stands up fairly well against the more riff-oriented stuff. "Contents Of A Landfill" is a good example, spending its first four minutes on a sad, sung section before giving way to a swelling, vibe-tinged finale.

Coming from Noble and Mueller, who crafted some of the last decade's most compelling independent music, "Very Soon, And In Pleasant Company" is definitely a worthy addition to their pantheon. --

-- Jonathan Cohen

5 out of 5 stars

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