Label: Daemon Records
Category: Music
Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 767691903422
EAN: 0767691903422
ASIN: B000062Y6Z
Release Date: 2002-03-05
|
|
Artist: Danielle Howle
Label: Daemon Records Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 767691903422 EAN: 0767691903422 ASIN: B000062Y6Z Release Date: 2002-03-05 |
Skorborealis
General
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Indie Rock
| Indie & Lo-Fi
| Alternative Rock
| Styles
| Music
Singer-Songwriters
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
Pop Rock
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
General
| Rock
| Styles
| Music
Alternative Folk
| Contemporary Folk
| Folk
| Styles
| Music
Alternative Folk
| Alternative Rock
| Indie Music
| Stores
| Music
Tracks:
Similar Items:
Amazon.com
Seeing Danielle Howle perform live affects the senses like cotton candy and a twirl on a Ferris wheel. Her boundless wit and enthusiasm, matched with her twisting folk-country tunes, all served up in a careening tuneful drawl, present a unique and exciting experience. When joined by her band the Tantrums, all that is in danger of being lost--the earthy acoustic guitar-and-voice combo replaced with layers of common folk-rock instrumentation. Still, it's hard not to get caught up in the bouncy exuberance of many of these 16 tunes--music designed less for contemplation then for foot tapping and mouth grinning. Skorborealis is an eager-to-please collection, with country waltzes, sweet slow ballads, and even an adorable jazz vocal as a closer. Most challenging are the tunes featuring the rent-a-riff r-a-w-k guitars of John Furr--silly tunes like "Camaro Power," which sounds like something cranked out in a '70s high-school "battle of the bands" contest. Still, you are won over by the wealth of strong songs and the evidence of a spirit brimming with life. <I>--Andy Waltzer</I>Customer Reviews:
Subclassic.......2006-10-11
Sad Good-byes and Frustrated Anger.......2003-04-28
by Truc Doan, Teen Editor
A mixture of rock, country and something unearthly, Danielle Howle and the Tantrums' CD Skorborealis gives you a feeling of relaxation and deep sadness. The instrumental rhythm of the different songs makes for a perfect addition to Howle's languid voice. The drumbeats to "Sneaky A.M." are the perfect and necessary background to the song's hopeful and strong lyrics. Howle and the Tantrums have created a great compilation of sad good-byes and frustrated anger.
The song that touched me the most was "Big Puffy Girl Handwriting" where the lines: "...Go on and have your weddings/Of big lettered invitations/Don't forget to invite Barbie/And all of your best creations..." made me smile and turn the song louder. It was the sarcastic, dry words of an almost-cynic that hit close to home for me.
Skorborealis is an album to put on when you need a good variety of music that isn't really that different at all. Being snapshots of everyday life, the songs are not meant to be huge political or social statements. They are just descriptions of an ordinary life, but the descriptions are so eloquent and elegant, that the songs in themselves are not ordinary at all.
While the song "Swamp Song" grows slowly like grass overnight, "Subclassic" jumps right in with a wicked guitar rip. The slow tunes of "Soft White China Patterns" sent chills up my spine while "Hello Kitty" made me want to get up and grab a microphone to jam along. There's something mystical about the songs that made me think of summer and fireflies. What does that mean?
Let's just say that summer and fireflies are a good combination.
copyright 2003 BlueJeanOnline.com
Danielle and the Tantrums "Skor" Big!.......2002-12-01
Her best album yet!.......2002-04-02
This will be her 6th critically acclaimed album (out of 6). Maybe the evil music industry will finally give her some cred and play her on the radio in some major markets.
Music Album:
Music CD
Best of Richard Anthony ~ Richard Anthony
Dig? ~ Bill Bruford's Earthworks
Sonny Rollins & Co. 1964 ~ Sonny Rollins & Company
Going to Church ~ Maneri Ensemble