odnetnin
12/12/05, 09:46 PM
Few albums have been so poignant in their clarity and emotion while being as stark and sparse as the desert this release was named after. While Sharks Keep Moving's name drips of immediacy, the melodic indie rock music contained on Desert Strings and Drifters is anything but the urgent struggle for survival the name implies. A patient sonic journey, littered with indie rock trappings, psychedelic flurries, morose melodies and the occasional rock spasm, all perfectly balanced by Jake Snider's plaintive, fleeting singing. Lackadaisical in its nature, Desert Strings and Drifters inhabits the realm between the conscious and the sub-conscious, where dreams and the cognitive thought process collide. The haunting melodies strewn throughout, the hypnotic repetition that builds and builds, never to burst but to dissipate and begin again, and the mournful violin that appears and reappears without warning or the lamenting recollections that pass for lyrics all act as subtle sonic handholds. Still, Sharks Keep Moving is best absorbed as a whole, lest one miss any of its beauty, passion and emotion. I'll upload some later this week.
Edit: actually... (http://noisenoisenoise.net/hodge/Desert%20Strings%20And%20Drifters%2 0EP.rar)
Edit: actually... (http://noisenoisenoise.net/hodge/Desert%20Strings%20And%20Drifters%2 0EP.rar)