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- Date Released: November 24, 1999
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Peek-A-Boo Records
The softcore indie pop that inspired Death Cab for Cutie
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We Say...
No less a light than Ben Gibbard once pledged loyalty to Austin pop masters Silver Scooter, which should give you a decent indication of the group's tone and approach. Gentle, longing, guitar-based indie pop focused on splitting up and falling apart, Silver Scooter use a fairly conventional approach to turn out some unconventional pop. Simply put, the songs here are sterling — Scott Garrad's voice is tiny and retiring, and he knows how to instill simple phrases like "delivery driver" — which is repeated and repeated and repeated at one point — with the kind of significance that would make e.e. cummings rethink that whole "cellar door" assertion. These gentle shoulda-been classics tug at the heart as they stick in your head, shy valentines sung to darkened bedroom windows.
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They Say...
Silver Scooter's second full-length album, 1999's Orleans Parish, continues in the style they established with 1997's The Other Palm Springs: catchy, driving indie pop with lyrics alternately sad and hopeful. The drums are restrained and simple, laying a solid foundation on which the guitar and bass build shining melodies. Songs such as "Sleight of Hand" and "Cancer & Wide-Eyed Looks" are both melancholy and catchy, the at times mournful lyrics balanced by the bouncing instrumentation. "Deliver Me Driver" could be a letter from a Silver Scooter fan, the narrator singing, "I love your songs/they're filled with melody and melancholy." This, in fact, is the essence of this Austin band: emotional songs often touching on themes of loss and loneliness, but delivered in such a way that makes these things not seem so bad.
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| 01. |  |
Tribute To The Phone Calls |
2:16 |
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| 02. | |
Sleight Of Hand |
4:51 |
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| 03. | |
Should've Stayed |
2:22 |
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| 04. | |
Cancer & Wide-Eyed Looks |
4:36 |
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| 05. | |
New Orleans |
4:18 |
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| 06. | |
Deliver Me Driver |
3:18 |
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| 07. | |
So Long |
4:10 |
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| 08. | |
If Nonsense Only Knew |
2:51 |
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| 09. | |
Sand Dollar Relief |
4:37 |
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| 10. | |
Dinosaurs |
2:02 |
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| 11. | |
Cup & String |
3:06 |
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| 12. | |
Morning View |
2:55 |
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12 Total Tracks, 41:22 Total Length
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Credits
- Thomas Metcalf - Artwork // Dave McNair - Producer // Dave McNair - Engineer // Dave McNair - Mastering // Dave McNair - Mixing // Tom Hudson - Drums // Silver Scooter - Producer // Silver Scooter - Processing Assistant // Sara Nelson - Cello // Scott Garred - Guitar // Scott Garred - Vocals // John Hunt - Bass // John Paul Hunt - ?
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