The Orbit of Eternal Grace

The Orbit of Eternal Grace Artist: Grasshopper & the Golden Crickets
Label: Beggars Banquet Us
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 607618020125
EAN: 0607618020125
ASIN: B000009OMO


Release Date: 1998-09-08

The Orbit of Eternal Grace


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Tracks:

  1. Silver Balloons
  2. The Ballad Of The One Eyed Anglefish
  3. O-Ring (Baby Talk)
  4. Nickel In A Lemon
  5. The Orbit Of Eternal Grace
  6. September's Fool
  7. Univac Bug Track
  8. Smpte For The Devil
  9. N.Y. Avenue Playground
  10. Sketches Of Saturn (Love In Space)
  11. Midnight Express
  12. N.Y. Avenue Playground (Reprise)
  13. Bonus Track 1

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In the early '90s Mercury Rev were a psychedelic thunderstorm just as likely to wash the listener away with electric noise showers of noise as it was to self-destruct with a searing bolt of lightning. Over the years, however, the band's temper has cooled, leaving an evocative, exotic outfit but not a particularly loud one. This may explain why guitarist Grashopper has launched out on his own with this brain-tingling solo album. The disc isn't quite as turbulent as Rev's classic <I>Yerself Is Steam</I>, but it's close, blending sulfurous guitars; lazy, surreal rhythms; and sleepy vocals into an eclectic and inspiring sonic maelstrom that recalls prime-era Flaming Lips, Butthole Surfers, and Spacemen 3. <I>--Jon Wiederhorn</I>

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Grasshopper holds his own........2000-09-02

I say this knowing that basically every member of Mercury Rev is pressent on this album in some respect. Without making this entire review a comment on how this sounds like Mercury Rev, it does mix the chaotic noise of Yerself Is Steem and the focused beauty of See You On the Other Side.

There is some interesting and unexpected use of electronics on this album, such as "Univac Bug Track" which features a lo-fi jungle beat along with the distant plucks of a string section looped, sometimes coming close to videogame soundtrack territory if it weren't so gorgeously muddy. The first track, "Silver Balloons" also has a familiar breakbeat and some nice Spacemen 3 styled guitars and vocals.

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