For what is
called “Selected Demos”, these songs are actually quite good and what is over
twenty songs long could easily pass as a full length, if only because so much
more has been made out of so much less in the past.
Sean Patrick
Sullivan reminds me of Daniel Johnston in ways, only not quite. I really feel like on many levels he's the
anti-Daniel Johnston, though I'm not entirely certain what that means. Most of these songs have that home recorded
vibe that I like (And that you should come to expect from JTS as a label) and
on the whole they're just really good.
There is a
Talking Heads cover in here for good measure, but as we venture onto Side B as
well the music drifts more from that of Johnston to something like High Pop,
where there is a garage surf sort of sound.
Some songs can be instrumental, yet some also feature female vocals and
so it's an interesting mix overall.
Perhaps the
true testament to how great these songs in fact are is that as being “Selected
Demos”, you wouldn't expect them to fit together as well as they do to form the
feel of an entire album. Imagine
trying to make a puzzle complete out of twenty four pieces from twenty four
different puzzles. It seems like it'd
be impossible, but that is seemingly what is going on with this cassette.
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