Trouble at Jinx Hotel

Trouble at Jinx Hotel Artist: Molasses
Label: Alien8 Recording
Category: Music


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


UPC: 777078910349
EAN: 0777078910349
ASIN: B0001ZW6QK


Release Date: 2004-06-01

Trouble at Jinx Hotel


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Tracks:

  1. Siren's Song
  2. La La La Amerika
  3. Saint Christopher's Blues
  4. Sign Of Judgment
  5. Lynn Canyon Wedding Song
  6. Coda
  7. You Can't Win
  8. Trouble In Mind
  9. Las Ninas
  10. Miss Peach's Pawnshop/Buffaloed At Wounded Knee/The Weeping Winds/No Love Lost/Songs From The Basement/Lucky Thirteen

Album Description

The fourth album from sprawling Montreal ensemble Molasses features members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hrsta, Fly Pan Am, Silver Mt. Zion, and Shalabi Effect.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Godspeed indeed..........2007-01-19

The aptly named Molasses project is ultimately the work of singer/songwriter Scott Chernoff, but what reputable Montreal act would be complete without guys like Sam Shalabi and Godspeed's Thierry Amar and Efrim Menuck?

This is the group's fourth album (and "group" here is an understatement, as the Polyphonic Spree barely outnumber them), and this time around they haven't altered the formula -- we're treated to languid, spacy compositions that incorporate elements of folk rock, psychedelia, post-rock, field recordings and even a hint of shoegazing for good measure. Tension is created through the use of low frequencies, distant drones (supposedly emulating Iraqi air-raid sirens), creeping tempos (hence, "aptly named"), Chernoff's whispered vocals and barely audible choirs, occasionally exploding into a riot (i.e. "Coda"'s bleeding amp, the everlasting GY!BE feedback on "Miss Peach's Pawnshop"). The music never really seems to reach its destination, postponing its climax until the last second or simply avoiding it altogether, then whipping it out three tracks later. Again, that's the sort of thing we've come to expect from this camp, but it's still effective, despite the lullaby quality of many of the songs (possibly echoing the tension of world affairs and the leaders who sway them?).

Maybe so. Trouble at Jinx Hotel's lyrics center around the Middle East vs. US troubles, specifically the attacks in New York. Chernoff is careful to avoid too many pointed remarks, but with titles such as "La La La, Amerika", "St. Christopher's Blues", "You Can't Win" and "Sign of Judgment", he pretty much tips his hand.

Music Album:

  1. Live at the Horseshoe Tavern April 19, 2004 ~ Tobin Sprout
  2. Bakerloo ~ Bakerloo
  3. Other Side of the World ~ K.T. Tunstall
  4. Snafu ~ East of Eden
  5. Avalon Bridge Will Burn ~ New Dead Radio
  6. Frat Rock: The '70s ~ Various Artists
  7. Rainbow Dome Musick ~ Steve Hillage
  8. Amateur Night in the Big Top ~ Shaun William Ryder
  9. Big Night Without You ~ Emmet Swimming
  10. Fading Tale ~ Delight

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Ivory & Steel ~ Monty Alexander Quintet

The Backbeat ~ Doug Raney

Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet ~ Miles Davis and Milt Jackson

Hearty Notes ~ Casiopea

Now's the Time ~ Charlie Parker

Lazy Bird ~ Sadik Hakim

D'Une Rive a l'Autre ~ Mohamed Mahdi

D'Ou Viens-Tu Johnny? ~ Johnny Hallyday

Fusion Flamenco ~ Jan Hengmith

Charles Trenet ~ Charles Tr%C3%A9net