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Re: old & new

From: Bethany Keeley <blk4@calvin.edu>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:06:39 -0500

Hi, welcome to the orchard.

I guess I don't see Ohio as really a departure... maybe as the next step
for an artist.  Its so stylistically all over the place people have
claimed to hear lots of the older albums in various songs.  Some of my
favorite parts of Ohio sound most like _Good Dog Bad Dog_, which I am
particularly attatched to.  I think it shares the bareness, the
vulnerability of some of the songs on Ohio.  Ask someone else, and you
might get an entirely different answer :)

Bethany

Quoting Melissa Newell-Smith or Tim Smith <zekeman@infionline.net>:

> hey gang,
>
>       i just found oTr in the listening station at my local
> indie record store, and have fallen in love with the
> double disc.  i got on the web site and found the
> excerpts from previous albums section, and so far,
> it all sounds totally different to me. (well, ok, piano
> and beautiful voice the same, but different overall style,
>  sound, arrangement, maybe....i don't know what word
> i'm reaching for here).   am i nuts?  do i have really
> crappy computer speaker?  do you feel this new album
> has been a sort of departure in any way?   i was about
> to declare them a new fave, but for now i'll settle for
> declaring this album a new fave, for i just can't stop
> listening to it, especially disc one.    thoughts or
> comparisons?  what one other recording of theirs
> would be the next thing closest to this release?
> i'm still kind of itching to have more of them.
> thanks!

Hi Melissa,

I'm relatively new to OtR's music myself. It's probably semantics, but it seems to me that each of their albums has been a rather courageous "departure" from the one preceding it, and they don't really resemble one another too much stylistically (a classic example of artistic progression). I would agree with Bethany that Good Dog Bad Dog is closest to Ohio in terms of its vulnerable tone and spare production. It was my first exposure to their music, and is still my personal favorite among their albums. Chances are good you'll end up owning all of them eventually, there's really not a weak one in the bunch and they're all "straight from the heart" in their own unique way. I would also recommend their live album Amateur Shortwave Radio in the short term, as it provides a good indication of the amazing breadth of their repertoire over the first ten years of their career.

And I would definitely encourage you to see them live at your earliest opportunity.

Welcome to the list! :)

Keith from NY

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