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The self-titled debut EP from the Michigan quintet Judah Johnson finds the group engaging in patient, sterile-sounding glacial sweeps. While the band has a gift for melodic invention -- parts of "Tongue Kiss on Ecuador" stand out as particularly striking -- the songs are too fragmented and filtered, perhaps intentionally, to have much of an impact. The song structures are non-linear, not because it seems the music needs it, but because it seems the thing to do. In the subsequent Radiohead and Elliot Smith-influenced pastiche, the band has a hard time finding alternative methods of framing. Part of this stems from the earnestly low-mixed vocals of primary songwriter Daniel Johnson, whose singing-to-his-feet vocal approach loses its charm on record. Lyrically, he seems quite strong, offering complicated emotional tone poems. Unfortunately, it is almost universally impossible to hear what he is saying.
© Jesse Jarnow /TiVo
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Daniel Johnson, Composer - Judah Johnson, MainArtist - xeroxnroll ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2001 Flameshovel Records 2001 xeroxnroll ASCAP
Daniel Johnson, Composer - Judah Johnson, MainArtist - xeroxnroll ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2001 Flameshovel Records 2001 xeroxnroll ASCAP
Daniel Johnson, Composer - Judah Johnson, MainArtist - xeroxnroll ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2001 Flameshovel Records 2001 xeroxnroll ASCAP
Daniel Johnson, Composer - Judah Johnson, MainArtist - xeroxnroll ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2001 Flameshovel Records 2001 xeroxnroll ASCAP
Daniel Johnson, Composer - Judah Johnson, MainArtist - xeroxnroll ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2001 Flameshovel Records 2001 xeroxnroll ASCAP
Daniel Johnson, Composer - Judah Johnson, MainArtist - xeroxnroll ASCAP, MusicPublisher
2001 Flameshovel Records 2001 xeroxnroll ASCAP
Album review
The self-titled debut EP from the Michigan quintet Judah Johnson finds the group engaging in patient, sterile-sounding glacial sweeps. While the band has a gift for melodic invention -- parts of "Tongue Kiss on Ecuador" stand out as particularly striking -- the songs are too fragmented and filtered, perhaps intentionally, to have much of an impact. The song structures are non-linear, not because it seems the music needs it, but because it seems the thing to do. In the subsequent Radiohead and Elliot Smith-influenced pastiche, the band has a hard time finding alternative methods of framing. Part of this stems from the earnestly low-mixed vocals of primary songwriter Daniel Johnson, whose singing-to-his-feet vocal approach loses its charm on record. Lyrically, he seems quite strong, offering complicated emotional tone poems. Unfortunately, it is almost universally impossible to hear what he is saying.
© Jesse Jarnow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 6 track(s)
- Total length: 00:31:28
- Main artists: Judah Johnson
- Composer: Daniel Johnson
- Label: Flameshovel Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2001 Flameshovel Records 2001 xeroxnroll ASCAP
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