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- Date Released: January 1, 2001
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Oldies
- Label: Chewy Marble / CD Baby
Power-poppers break the mold on this excellent album.
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We Say...
With prominent piano and bass, it’s easy to make comparisons to other keyboard-heavy bands like Ben Folds Five and Jellyfish, but there is a lot more to Chewy Marble than that. "Scribble Variations" breaks the three-minute power-pop formula, clocking in at over six minutes and having several distinct movements. You can hear the band's sense of humor in "Midtempo Trap," a fun little tongue-in-cheek song about the dangers of writing a song that straddles that line between upbeat ditty and ballad. Many of the songs start with memorable bass, guitar or piano riffs, as in "Necessary Evil," which boasts a horn part that’s more "Penny Lane" than Bacharach; in fact, Beatles references run throughout the album. On Bowl of Surreal, Chewy Marble take some great influences and put them all together in their own unique way.
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They Say...
Bowl of Surreal, the appropriately titled sophomore debut from Los Angeles-based popsters Chewy Marble, is another solid pop effort in the same vein as their eponymous debut. Ex-Wondermint Brian Kassan is the mastermind here; the true talent of Bowl of Surreal is its ability to subvert the pop tag by incorporating disparate influences (from an obvious XTC influence to '60s pop like the Zombies and the Turtles, as well as '90s revivalists like Jellyfish). It's no surprise, then, that the album's charm and its flaws are born out of the fact that it's all over the place. So while the jazzy pop of "Reasons Why," the '70s-styled opener "Inside My Head," and the chunky pop of the title track all work very well, there are almost as many slow spots scattered throughout. Bowl of Surreal is not perfect, then, but it is a thoroughly enjoyable and endearingly dynamic sophomore effort.
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| 01. |  |
Inside Our Head |
2:47 |
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| 02. | |
Bowl of Surreal |
2:38 |
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| 03. | |
Tiny World |
3:08 |
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| 04. | |
Dressed In Blue |
4:05 |
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| 05. | |
Midtempo Trap |
3:48 |
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| 06. | |
Scribble Variations |
6:59 |
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| 07. | |
Annie |
3:17 |
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| 08. | |
You'll Be Around |
2:21 |
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| 09. | |
Necessary Evil |
4:34 |
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| 10. | |
Reasons Why |
3:35 |
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| 11. | |
In The Next Five Minutes |
5:30 |
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| 12. | |
You Don't Have To Go |
3:49 |
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12 Total Tracks, 46:31 Total Length
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Credits
- Ken Lee - Keyboards // Brian Kassan - Banjo // Brian Kassan - Guitar // Brian Kassan - Percussion // Brian Kassan - Arranger // Brian Kassan - Keyboards // Brian Kassan - Vocals // Brian Kassan - Xylophone // Brian Kassan - Melodica // Brian Kassan - Producer // Brian Kassan - E-Bow // Brian Kassan - Concept // David Mitson - Mastering // Steve Stanley - Design // Steve Stanley - Concept // Chewy Marble - Main Performer // Steve Refling - Guitar // Steve Refling - Producer // Steve Refling - Engineer // Steve Refling - Mixing // Derrick Anderson - Bass // Derrick Anderson - Vocals // Stu Forman - Guitar // Stu Forman - Vocals // Rick Gallego - Vocals // Rick Gallego - Vocals (Background) // Eric Jerde - Drums
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