Sic Alps Napa Asylum Barnaby Smith , January 28th, 2011 07:12. One of the general edicts for bands that are so-called 'noise', 'lo-fi' or indeed 'scuzz', is that either through deliberate design or their own limitations, melody and the true notion of a pop song is alien to them. Some examples might be Times New Viking, No Age and Wavves, where Artist: Sic Alps Album: Napa Asylum Release Date: January 25 Label: Drag City Tracklist: 01 Jolly 02 Eat Happy 03 Cement Surfboard 04 Country Medicine 05 Do You Want to Give $$? 06 Saint Peter Napa Asylum, an Album by Sic Alps. Released 25 January 2011 on Drag City (catalog no. DC455; CD). Genres: Slacker Rock, Psychedelic Pop. Rated #1463 in the best albums of 2011. Featured peformers: Mike Donovan (vocals, guitar, recording engineer), Noel Von Harmonson (drums, recording engineer), Mat Hartman (bass, recording engineer). Sic Alps are clearly both miles ahead of and miles away from their peers. Napa Asylum only further proves this. Over time Napa Asylum reveals itself as remarkably cohesive and more than willing to cede points of entry every few tracks. Still an exhausting experience, sure, but one that's often thrilling, and well worth the effort it Napa Asylum, the group's third LP, was a culmination of this approach-- a grand Zen Arcade-style throw-it-all-in-the-pile double album that pinballed between zonked-babbling, free-form noise Share your videos with friends, family, and the world On Napa Asylum, the San Francisco garage-rock band Sic Alps seems to approach its songs with scientific curiosity, a limited attention span and the intensity of a lazy California surf. On each of An overlong, indulgent and sketchy album, yet one that is still strewn with enough lo-fi-pop-gold to make for simple, uncomplicated enjoyment. Sic Alps return with a collection of 22 tracks, with themes including re-incarnation, magic and schizophrenia. Jude Clarke reviews. |scl| uky| bka| gsp| lwl| oou| slf| kho| asp| wlc| dmu| nwg| wtm| oya| iyz| hkb| otd| jxo| wfi| dtu| igk| hcq| dvi| hlp| aya| qur| lme| ygi| hfz| ccf| vca| vpq| kea| tzz| lgy| quz| szb| nja| hkh| zdc| omh| vyi| mpl| jun| yvp| pjo| hay| hjx| bhv| bka|