Last Year's Junk

Last Year's Junk Artist: White Mud Free Way
Label: Bar/None Records
Category: Music


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


UPC: 032862015724
EAN: 0032862015724
ASIN: B00029J1UE


Release Date: 2004-07-27

Last Year's Junk


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Tracks:

  1. Mercury
  2. Adele
  3. Sneeze
  4. Painkiller
  5. Tumbleweeds
  6. Headless Body in a Topless Bar
  7. Near Star
  8. Bar Code
  9. Mr. Messenger
  10. Nine Hours Back

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pleaser.......2006-02-03

An excellent album... not derivative at all, yet manages to become a favorite of all types of people. Nine Hours Back is my favorite track, but they are just as good pared down to a guitar/voice as they are in full band mode. Big talent, I play it constantly.

5 out of 5 stars AN AMAZING DEBUT ALBUM .......2004-07-29

Solivan & Bernardo, a pair of cowboy junkies, are able to capture the twang of Beggars Banquent & Rubber Soul with the kooky, glistening sounds of Beck, Ween, & Wilco. LAST YEAR'S JUNK musically and lyrically is surely some of the most obtuse pop music to have graced the New York streets.

This is an album powered by melody & by Solivan's amazingly expressive voice. A carefully crafted, inventive mix that defies easy classification. Part rock, part folk, part country, & part blues. There's no one word that encompasses their sound.

The singles MERCURY, NEAR STAR, & BAR CODE are positively some of the catchiest songs of 2004. Unhurried yet never overlong, bouncy yet thoughtful, catchy yet lingering. The listener hasn't got a chance to escape the seemingly endless procession of melodic hooks & vocal gymnastics. In ADELE, Bernardo takes gorgeous turns at lead vocals with Solivan who is the singer & the song.

There are a couple songs that stand out, though, even on a collection as even as this one. PAINKILLER is brilliantly cynical. MR. MESSENGER shows off Bernardo's production panache, & HEADLESS BODY IN A TOPLESS BAR is a luxuriant hymn to unrequited love that's founded on a piano part that meshes with Solivan's guitar to a beautiful effect.
On the albums finale 9 HOURS BACK Solivan's unabashed, emotional honesty conveys anger & sapped energy. This acoustic-based, string touched music feels open enough for a dry wind to blow right through.

There is not an insignificant song on LAST YEAR'S JUNK!! The true beauty of it lies in the multifaceted message it sends. What it is, isn't easily construed. The only way to truly put your soul finger on it is to listen to LAST YEAR'S JUNK' again, again, & again. Each time will reveal a new aspect of this incredibly sincere debut. A band with their finger on the pulse & with the direction to take you there!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Music Album:

  1. Rainy Day Assembly ~ Tess Wiley
  2. Instant Live: The State Theater - Portland, ME 3/19/04 ~ George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
  3. Fifth ~ Soft Machine
  4. Cat May Look at a Queen ~ Franklin Bruno
  5. Drunken Driver ~ Nils Lofgren
  6. Look Back in the Mirror ~ Ringtailed Snorter
  7. Brighter Day ~ Keith Christmas
  8. Outside Looking Out ~ Col. Bruce Hampton
  9. North and South of Nothing ~ Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
  10. Wapassou

Music Album

Music Album

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Il Volto Della Vita ~ Caterina Caselli

Salutes Bessie Smith ~ Amina Claudine Myers

The Paris Concert ~ Thelonious Monk

Sound Off ~ Jerry Grey

Born to Be Wild: A Retrospective ~ Steppenwolf

Devotion

Corridos ~ Various Artists

Daily Love ~ Jerry L

Ohne Schminke ~ Puhdys

Jyukensei Blues ~ Sakamoto Chan