Scarnella

Artist: Scarnella
Label: Smells Like Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 787996002729
EAN: 0787996002729
ASIN: B00000C2ID

Release Date: 1998-11-10

Scarnella

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Tracks:

Underdog
Release the Spring
Improvisation #4
The Most Useless Thing
Dandelions
Improvisation #3 (Safari Youth)
Snowy (About A Cat)
Death By Northwest
Improvisation #1 (The Bag Of Hair)
A Millennium Fever Ballad

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With the supersonic alt-country prog-rock band the Geraldine Fibbers on (permanent?) hiatus, husky-voiced singer-guitarist Carla Bozulich and six-string torturer Nels Cline have resurfaced as Scarnella. Bashed out in a week's time in the summer of 1998, Scarnella picks up where the most extreme of Fibbers material leaves off--as an experiment in narcotic din à la Sonic Youth and the Velvet Underground before them. It's a potentially room-clearing effort, ranging from the strung-out "Release the Spring" to several superaggressive swaths that may be the aural equivalent of flesh being pulled slowly and methodically from the bone. Some more-structured moments--the torchy "The Most Useless Thing" and the giddy noise-pop workout "Dandelion"--do recall the Fibbers, but ultimately Scarnella is for those fans whose limits must be challenged even further. --Neal Weiss

Customer Reviews:

Carla and Nels... I wish they'd do more together.......2004-11-22

This is a great little album of larger improvisations, as well as some songs. The improvisations are not highly melodic "story" improvisations... they don't travel the world from deep dark caves, to glistening oceans. They are mostly darker moods. Some of these songs would fit nicely into one of my favorite movies ever, Vertical Ray of the Sun. They are fuzz-sculpture... drone-shifting improvisations.

A month ago I assumed I'd be glowingly reviewing Nels' newest disc now, The Giant Pin. So far it isn't doing very much for me, though. I've decided to give it some more time, go back to it when I'm in different moods. I'm in the mood to write a review for some something I love, so I decided to do this disc instead.

Some of the improvisations on this disc, at least to me, feel like they were possibly the inspiration for Nels' recent disc with Devin Sarno, Buried at Bunker Hill. This disc is so much better than that one, though. Nels and Carla are a great duo. Nels and Devin are just so-so.

From slowly unfurling, at times almost static, moody improvisations, to blood-curdling punk screams, to a sad song that seems to be about only realizing what's important after nearing the end of your life... this one still does the trick.

Great!.......2001-10-24

Can't say much more. Two fabulous musicians combining written and improv music into a swirling storm.

If you've ever heard of Carla or Nels buy it!

Incredible Album!.......1999-06-20

I'm listening to the first song of this album now. It starts off with about 2 minutes of the same beautiful minimalistic guitar part, adds Carla Bozulich's incredible, deep voice, builds to a fever pitch and then back to the original guitar part. Remember, this 8 and a half minutes of brilliance is just the first song! The other nine songs range from noise excursions (which I love), almost-pop, beautiful long songs ("Snowy" might just eclipse the first song as the best on this album), and acoustic pieces. Just an amazing album--might be the best in my collection. And my collection includes Sonic Youth, Velvet Underground, Sebadoh, and Blonde Redhead. Serious indie rock fans out there will know that those groups have produced some of the greatest rock ever. And this debut from Scarnella might just top them all. I highly recommend this album--and can't wait to see Scarnella in concert on July 4th.

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