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- Date Released: October 11, 2005
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Polyvinyl Record Co
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We Say...
Though there is nothing terrifically original about 31 Knots (At the Drive-In + Jawbox + 90 Day Men, maybe?), Talk Like Blood, the Portland trio's third album, possesses a rare energy of self-assurance and infallible swagger, a complete confidence in their abilities and execution; there is an almost quest-like air to the album. "Intuition Imperfected," its preamble strongly reminiscent of Radiohead's "Kid A," is based around a viola-sounding looped guitar arpeggio and the chant-like barks of singer Joe Haege (the Ex are an obvious signpost for this cut). Elsewhere the album dallies in prog-emo ("Chain Reaction"), honky-tonk ("Proxy and Dominion") and the Dismemberment Plan ("Impromptu Disproving").
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They Say...
The Portland-based 31 Knots signed to Polyvinyl after a long stint with Michigan label 54°40' or Fight! and released a humdinger of an album entitled Talk Like Blood. The anti-power trio of Joe Haege, Jay Pellicci, and Jay Winebrenner eschew the well-worn path of similarly instrumented combos with taught arrangements tempered by jubilant abandon. They have a touch of the Police's rhythmic sense (evident in the crack, twin-Jay rhythm section of Pellicci and Winebrenner), a bit of Devo's angularity (in Haege's off-kilter synth excursions), and -- especially on the song "Impromptu Disproving" -- an aggressive yet polished onslaught reminiscent of Washington, D.C.'s Dismemberment Plan. The boys sound more like a "live" band here than they have in the past, forgoing the cut-and-paste song construction techniques of their earlier releases in favor of more fully realized and long developing melodic lines. The tighter-than-tight starts and stops that lead many to labeling them as math rock sound less showy here and carry Haege's intricate wordplay (through its various levels of enigmatic disclosure) to a new level of immediacy. Despite the taught execution, Talk Like Blood maintains an air of spontaneity and a sense of fun throughout its 11 tracks, and hammers home the fact that 31 Knots have the ability to transcend the limitations of the classic power trio by forgetting that they are a trio in the first place.
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City of Dust |
3:39 |
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| 02. | |
Hearsay |
3:59 |
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| 03. | |
Thousand Wars |
1:38 |
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| 04. | |
Intuition Imperfected |
3:27 |
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| 05. | |
Chain Reaction |
6:05 |
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| 06. | |
A Void Employs a Kiss |
2:07 |
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| 07. | |
Proxy and Dominion |
3:18 |
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| 08. | |
Talk Like Blood |
2:14 |
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| 09. | |
Busy is Bold |
4:13 |
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| 10. | |
Impromptu Disproving |
3:58 |
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| 11. | |
[Untitled Track] |
3:26 |
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11 Total Tracks, 38:04 Total Length
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Credits
- Rachel Carns - Design // Rachel Carns - Layout Design // Corrina Repp - Vocals (Background) // Scott Solter - Engineer // Scott Solter - Engineer // Jay Winebrenner - Bass // Jay Winebrenner - Guitar // Joe Haege - Guitar // Joe Haege - Piano // Joe Haege - Strings // Joe Haege - Vocals // Joe Haege - Engineer // Joe Haege - Mixing // Joe Haege - Sequencing // Joe Haege - Instrumentation // Jay Pellicci - Drums // Jay Pellicci - Engineer // Jay Pellicci - Tympani [Timpani] // Jay Pellicci - Mixing // Ian Pellicci - Engineer // Ian Pellicci - Mixing
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