the olivia tremor control - dusk at cubist castle

I'm always trying to spread the word about the olivia tremor control.
They are one of the most underrated / overlooked bands ever. They
made two absolutely amazing albums one in 1996 called dusk at cubist
castle and another in 1999 called black foliage. You definitly need
both of them as I believe them to both be equally great in their own
way. That being said I would suggest getting dusk at cubist castle
first as it seems a little bit easier to get into initially due to the
way it flows although black foliage's production is a bit better so
for a new listener...

I bring that up...

Hm - well one thing about the olivia tremor control is they are often
classified as a "lo fi" band... although if that term scares you be
aware that i usually don't really like bands who classify themselves
this way ... I don't really consider the olivia tremor control to be
lo fi. They do have that sort of sound in a way but ... for me their
production is a huge part of my enjoyment. They really know how to
manipulate sound but they do it in a way that is refreshingly "analog"
sounding with all of today's digital manipulation - it makes it sound
a lot more natural in it's unnaturalness if you know at all what I
mean. if you do know what I mean please let me know. It's hard to
even really write about this music in a way - that's one of the great
things. It's easy too - that's another great thing. I feel that
listening to these albums. Well you know I've titled this post dusk
at cubist castle you know - so let me just focus on that one. This
album! This album is just a journey you know. There's so many albums
you can just listen to and forget... I don't see that with this one.
It's a huge sprawling album but it all works together and I really
feel the more I listen to it - the more I hear in it. The songs are
immediatly catchy. The songs are also immediately psychedelic - both
in the sound of the songs and I feel more importantly in the structure
of the songs - the places the songs go - it's not only unexpected but
it's meaningfully unexpected - you actually are taken by your hand and
shown behind the door. I would say that you need to listen to this
whole album wearing a good set of headphones... It certainly wouldn't
hurt anything to make sure you are in that special state of mind - a
state of mind that is open and receptive ... this is not background
music - it is something to truly experience. whatever you need to do
to get tot hat point.