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Tracklist (CD)
| 1 | | Little Murders | | 4:51 | | 2 | | Dumb Joy | | 4:14 | | 3 | | Lost Together | | 4:41 | | 4 | | Mysteries Of The Holiday Camp | | 3:42 | | 5 | | Hell-Blonde | | 3:56 | | 6 | | She's Driving Fast | | 3:43 | | 7 | | Cauldron | | 2:46 |
See more tracks| 8 | | Are You Done? | | 3:56 | | 9 | | Cry | | 3:24 | | 10 | | Night For Love | | 3:12 | | 11 | | Blue Story | | 5:28 |
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Review
After a two-decade musical break, Clint Conley has not only returned to periodic action with post-punk icons Mission of Burma (with whom he wrote the Moby-covered "That's When I Reach for My Revolver"), but strikes another compelling chord with Consonant. The Boston quartet's second album is more fully realized, reflecting the chemistry that's grown between singer-guitarist-bassist Conley and guitarist Chris Brokaw (Come), bassist Winston Braman (Fuzzy) and drummer Matt Kadane. They shift gracefully from grungy crunch to ethereal pop melodies, evoking… Read More Sixties psychedelic rock, shoegazer guitar washes and folky indie-rock. Conley mulls love's frustrations over delicate picking in "She's Driving Fast," and the band assumes a country lope in "Night for Love," while guitars churn and propel "Mysteries of the Holiday Camp" and "Cauldron." Both lyrically -- in streamlined collaboration with poet Holly Anderson -- and musically, Conley has sidestepped mid-life crisis for appropriate rebirth. PAUL ROBICHEAU
(August 19, 2003)
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