Debt & Departure

Debt & Departure Artist: Those Bastard Souls
Label: V2
Category: Music


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


UPC: 638812704825
EAN: 0638812704825
ASIN: B00000JJJ6


Release Date: 1999-07-13

Debt & Departure


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Tracks:

  1. The Last Thing I Ever Wanted Was To Show Up And Blow Your Mind
  2. Telegram
  3. Has Anybody Seen Her
  4. Train From Terminal Boredom
  5. Debt & Departure
  6. Up To You
  7. Curious State
  8. The Wake Of Your Flood
  9. Remembering Sophie Rhodes
  10. Dirty Looks
  11. Spaced Out

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The second side effort from Grifters frontman Dave Shouse is a leap from a one-man recording project to a full-blown band. Those Bastard Souls are a true indie-rock supergroup, featuring bassist Matt Field (Red Red Meat), drummer Kevin March, violinist Joan Wasserman (Dambuilders), and guitarist Michael Tighe (Jeff Buckley's band). While some of the songs are in the vein of Shouse's other band, a few unexpected sounds pop up. "Has Anybody Seen Her?" is eerily Mellencamp-like, driving fiddle, athematic chorus, and all. On the title cut, Shouse dips into a bag of soulful croons and invokes the spirit of Neil Diamond at his heartbreakin' best. That may not sound like indie rock, but neither does the album. Doug Easley's production keeps the sound crystal clear and leans on their decibels, even during the more sullen moments. Still, the rock songs fare best, especially the joyously propulsive "Train from Terminal Boredom." All in all, a solid album, perfect for summer stomping and late-night hootenannies. <I>--Jason Josephes</I>

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Excellent, long and lonely record.......2001-04-19

I ran into TBS after the tragic death of Jeff Buckley, interested in what the other musicians were doing. After a rather bland first impression, I popped the disc in on a long trip by myself and found myself with a perfect companion for 50 lonely minutes of Connecticut highway. TBS guru and leader David Shouse is a consummate songwriter and lyricist; I thought more about the moodier side of the Replacements on albums like _Don't Tell A Soul_, but TBS is somewhat edgier, and doesn't often flaunt that rowdy back barroom charisma. "The Last Thing I Ever Wanted Was To Show Up And Blow Your Mind" is a gradual build to a nice choral climax - which is a musical shout-out in rememberance of Buckley, I am sure of it. Straight-out rockers like "Curious State" sure as hell don't hurt the cause either, balanced with stately, country-tinged relaxers like "Telegram". Joan Wasserman's violin provides an unusual, artsier, yet minimally-used musical dimension to some of the more typical rock posturing. The moody closer "Spaced Out" is more in tune with the general tone of the album than anything else, a bare-bones arrangement of piano, violin, lonely guitar and Shouse's wobbly, yet tragic and gripping vocals. Definitely one of the more overlooked bands of the last year or so, and perfect for those people who like their music thought-provoking and intimate.

4 out of 5 stars Criminally overlooked..........2000-11-22

...by nearly everyone except certain rock critics, this album sold poorly, because very few people heard it. Not nearly "aggro" enough for commercial rock radio programmers, and too dark for any other format, this album nonetheless stood out as one of 1999's very best. Impassioned performances and top-notch writing are here in abundance, for fans of intelligent, literate rock.

5 out of 5 stars Got the album in 8/99, & haven't bought a better album since.......2000-11-20

This album is brilliant. It is very original and by far the best that I've heard in a long time. Great engineering job too; sonically, the album is as good as the songs. I've been without my copy for several months now because I loaned it out to a friend. However, I like it so much, I'm thinking about buying it again!

5 out of 5 stars Amazing!.......2000-04-23

By far the best CD I have heard in years. I can't quit listening to it. I listen to it over and over and over........... get the point. Buy it, love it, worth it!

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