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summershine, and other mallonee/VoL

Thread Killer <dustyvolume at yahoo_com> wrote:
> Did any of you VOL fans like Summershine?

i dig it.  the opening track "you know that" is a
superb pop song.  well crafted.  maybe Bill's
most well-crafted pop song yet.

> I find myself more partial to the _Live at the 40
> Watt_ era

i'm not a _Live at the 40 Watt_ fan... i'm not much
into the baseball-themed tune (nor am i on the
recent _fetal position_).  _to the roof of the sky_
was one of his/their weakest albums, IMO... it had
some gem tunes on it, but following _Slow Dark Train_
with _TtRotS_ was a bit of a from-great-to-mediocre
turn for me.  luckily he puts out more than an album
a year, so it's never a big wait for some new great
material.

top 3 VoL/Bill (in no particular order, other than
  reverse alphabetical, of course):
 -Slow Dark Train
 -Killing Floor
 -Audible Sigh (gotta include "Solar System" no
      matter how you slice it)

then maybe in the next 3 (in alphabetical order,
  based on the last word in the album):
 -Blister Soul
 -Welcome to Struggleville
 -Summershine

> Does anyone know why he dropped the VOL moniker?

i always saw VoL as Bill and whoever he scrapes
together.  it was only a matter of time.

Dan

np: elliott smith - roman candle


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