Secret Square

Secret Square Artist: Secret Square
Label: Redeye Distribution
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 795306400523
EAN: 0795306400523
ASIN: B000001HR1


Release Date: 2000-09-05

Secret Square


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Tracks:

  1. I Love J.S.
  2. I've Been Watching
  3. Plunky
  4. We Know
  5. Sparkly Green Couch
  6. Sad Endings
  7. Means Of Escape
  8. Candy Says
  9. Relative
  10. Light Of The Sun
  11. Aerodynamic (Glendora Mix)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars switchbladed sword fish gone astray.......2003-03-11

beautiful music somewhere between Sonic Youth, Stereolab and the rest of the Elephant 6. There is a mixture of melancholia, indescribable almost samba-tropical esque, and strange ezperimental tones on the album;;;these all within the simple indie rock lo-fi style. Very little drums, when they are around they add to the odd effect. Very transcendantal, very beautiful overall... the stream-of-conciousness lyrics, almost banjo-like lead guitars, and spaceage sounds add to the psychadelic effect. The lo-fi 8-track/4-track production gives it that raw, unpolished moment of inspiration while dosed up on mind expanding drugs feel that marks their fellow counterparts Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Elf Power and The Gerbils; not to mention the headstarters of the lo-fi genre, Guided By Voices. Probably the most beautiful thing in the Elephant 6 collective, even while lacking the wild near-cartoonish sound experiments that made Olivia Tremor Control so unique....this is becuz the songs have this lush, spaced-out stellar sound ala Sonic Youth and Stereolab and My Bloody Valentine that makes you wanna cry. If this is your first ticket into the Elephant 6 collective, get Olivia Tremor Control (amazing beyond recognition), Neutral Milk Hotel (warped archaic mixture of dream-drenched folk and haunting old timey instruments), Beuhlah (layered pretty alternative music/Beatles-style pop music with a Beckish twist)and the collection of mostly song-oriented but still entertaining Elf Power THe Gerbils etc. Theses bands are truly in a world all their own, a planet marked by lo-fi production/tearworthy melodies/eerie sound explorations. A spectral dive worth taking. Furthermore, I don't feel like writing individual reviews for each of these artists, so just look into it.

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Amlingen ~ Ebba Gron
  2. U Don't Know Me ~ Basement Jaxx
  3. Fundametales
  4. Raised on Rock ~ Various Artists
  5. Dealers of the Night ~ Viva
  6. British Are Coming ~ Various Artists
  7. Kill My Brain ~ Nick Gravenites & Animal Mind
  8. Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin ~ Junkie XL
  9. Always One
  10. Measurement ~ Spokane

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What Is There to Say: Joe Pass Solo Guitar ~ Joe Pass

Jazz Standards ~ Stanley Clarke, David Benoit

Tell It Like It Is ~ Tenor Triangle

How Long ~ Tommy Ridgley

The Music of Quincy Jones ~ Various Artists

Kramgoa Latar 1999 ~ Vikingarna

Fazendo a Festa ~ Trio Sabia

Cosas de Mi Cuba 1960 ~ Duo los Compadres

Arrabalera ~ Tita Merello

Alejandra Guzmán en Vivo ~ Alejandra Guzm%C3%A1n