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Re: Sixpence & OTR



Ed Shuman wrote re: Sixpence:

> Actually, I wasn't as impressed with their latest album.  Assuming they
> haven't come out with one since the S/T.  The lyrics seemed too
> self-conscious, and I had the feeling that they had run low on ideas and
> just continued to write anyway.  (It seems like two or three songs on
> there were about writing songs....)

The CD was written mostly during a time of big-time upheaval for the band. Their label had been
essentially trying to go under or not go under for a couple of years and they couldn't get out of
their contract, and felt very used. From what I've heard, anyway. That's what the first 3 songs are
about, anyway. Feeling like God had put them in a certain place for a certain reason, and then
wondering why He was just leaving them hanging, so to speak. Anyone else with any other info? Give
the CD time. It's my favourite of the 4, personally. It's just the richest, production-wise, and the
most consistent, music-wise.

> I was enormously impressed, though, when I got _The Fatherless and the
> Widow_ (I started with _This Beautiful Mess_) and saw the CS Lewis quote
> that explained the band's name.
>
> To date, my favorite by them is the album-length EP _Tickets for a Prayer
> Wheel_.  But I haven't listened to any SNtR lately, so that may have
> changed.

I like all 4, but none of the previous three held the mood or the quality for the whole CD, imo. The
first half of _This Beautiful Mess_ borders on perfect, imo. But the 2nd half left a lot to be
desired. _Tickets..._ just seemed kinda tossed off and a bit half-assed to me. _Fatherless..._ is
pretty amazing, but it's almost got too much of a Sundays vibe sometimes. Like I said, I like all
three, but they have their weaknesses, imo.

> "This is precisely the sort of thing that no one EVER believes!"
>                                             --Baron Munchausen

:)>  Gilliam rocks...


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