Hangman's Pop

Hangman's Pop Artist: The Gravy
Label: Q-Division
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD


UPC: 746834100522
EAN: 0746834100522
ASIN: B000007OEQ


Release Date: 1997-10-28

Hangman's Pop


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Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Memory
  3. Noise
  4. King's Castle
  5. Absolution
  6. A Scary Tree With Eyes Eating Someone
  7. The Song
  8. The Big One
  9. Pretty Krishna
  10. 6/8 Time
  11. Concerning Mr. G's Missing Digit
  12. Sissy Blood
  13. Embrace Your Plague
  14. Closing Credits

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Cavedog's legacy lives on!.......2000-06-08

The Cavedogs exemplified the "power" in power-pop. The Boston based trio produced two brilliant albums in the early 90's and disintegrated. The band splintered, and the recording projects from the former Cavedogs showed that each was capable of putting out an album nearly recalled their former band's glory. Bassist Brian Steven's teamed up with XTC's Dave Gregory to produce his solo album "Prettier than You" which expanded upon the Cavedog's psychedelic pop tendencies, while Poundcake's "Aloha Via Satellite" (featuring drummer Mark Rivers) showcased the Cavedog's sense of irony while retaining its power.

Which brings us to The Gravy, featuring the Cavedog's guitarist Todd Spahr. "Hangman's Pop" recalls the manic side of the Cavedogs. Sure, there are great hooks and moments of sparkling clarity, but the album is dominated by a murky, mysterious quality that makes the contrast so effective.

This album is sonically dense, with layers of swirling guitars that suddenly make way for barrages of thundering drums and power chords (particularly in "A Scary Tree With Eyes Eating Someone"). Even seemingly straightforward rockers like "The Song" include scattered breaks with overdriven bluegrass chicken-pickin' to offset the grunge. The sound montages between songs add atmosphere and give the album an exotic feel. Then out of the mist charges the pure power-pop "Pretty Krishna" and "Sissy Blood". Spahr's voice recalls a more muscular Marshall Crenshaw and its beauty stands out wonderfully over the rocking power trio supporting it.

I don't mean to pass of this album as a Todd Spahr solo project because the band sounds very tight (although only drummer Michael Jordan reappears on 1999' self titled EP). But this is clearly Spahr's show.

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  1. Plays & Sings Torch'd Songs ~ Chris Lee
  2. Earn Your Respect ~ Dodgin' Bullets
  3. Indigo Girls/Strange Fire/Nomads, Indians, Saints ~ Indigo Girls
  4. Work Of Art ~ Mind's Eye
  5. The Things I See ~ Gary Husband
  6. Coral ~ Coral
  7. Mob Hits ~ Various Artists
  8. Live at the NEC ~ Status Quo
  9. Songs in Key of E ~ Nick Kane
  10. The Last War 1980-84 ~ Heart Attack

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A Tribute to Cannonball ~ Don Byas

Trombania ~ The National Slide Quartet (Trombone)

Concierto De Aranjuez ~ Manhattan Jazz Quintet

Angel Eyes ~ Benny Bailey

Artificial 2.0 ~ God Module

The Music of Vangelis ~ Various Artists

Vento de Maio ~ Telo Borges

Estopim ~ Na Ozzetti

Super ~ Tricycle