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- Date Released: January 16, 2001
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Young God Records / Revolver
Transplanted Texans document their move to New York in music.
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We Say...
Calla were, for a brief moment, the best band in all of New York (or my favorite, at least). They are three transplanted Texans whose music encapsulates their move to Brooklyn — it's a curious combination of arid guitars (think Morricone's Western work) and industrial found sounds, like clattering subways and the low whistles of metal against metal. The band's self-titled debut was a perfect blend of electronic and rock musics, and Scavengers leans a bit more toward the latter, albeit in a brooding, disconsolate manner. "Fear of Fireflies" is the poppiest track, singer/looker Aurelio Valle sighing beautifully, and "Tijerina" is the album's most sprawling, confidently building and ebbing to denouement. "Love of Ivah," though, should be your first stop. Creepy-crawly and constructed around a sad little six-string loop, "Ivah" finales with Valle's haunting chant of "oh my my" and his hollow-body guitar ringing strong and full. Radiohead fans would love this.
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They Say...
Sweltering rockabilly, sedated tempos, and unsettling electronic noise combine for a bizarrely austere form of rural beauty on Calla's second record. Differing from most slow-motioned indie acts, the occasional lazy tempos seem to be borne of the withered and dazed effect from oppressive heat and humidity, rather than earmuffed nippiness. Aurelio Valle's whispered, tense, and plaintive intimacy gives off the effect of a disturbed Joe Pernice. His tone is pretty fatalistic, but he sounds perfectly at home in his discomfort without veering into doom and gloom. His guitars endlessly churn and bristle, highlighted most effectively on "The Swarm," the rockist centerpiece of the album that ends with three minutes of dissonance-drenched rockabilly on the level of prime Gun Club and early Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The inspirations aren't all swampy; the six-minute "Tijerna" concludes with repetitive Velvet Underground/Joy Division spirals of guitar. "Mayzelle" and "Fondness for Crawling" act as interludes on the second half of the record, consisting of nothing but ambient noise -- otherwise, the electronics nestle or emanate from underneath the more "proper" songs like gas fumes from a parched roadway. There's a ton of low end, too. The final touch is a dusty cover of U2's "Promenade," which is more properly formatted for a Wim Wenders film than any other by the Irish band, despite the ill-suited lyrics. If you're dealt with a midnight power outage in 100% humidity, hope that there are batteries left in the boombox to play this solemn, sturm-und-drang work of restrained, immense power. Despite the disparate elements, everything comes together ridiculously well.
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| 01. |  |
Fear Of Fireflies |
4:21 |
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| 02. | |
Hover Over Nowhere |
7:22 |
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| 03. | |
Traffic Sound |
3:52 |
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| 04. | |
Tijerina |
6:12 |
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| 05. | |
Slum Creeper |
4:46 |
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| 06. | |
The Swarm |
5:22 |
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| 07. | |
Mayzelle |
3:13 |
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| 08. | |
Love Of Ivah |
5:15 |
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| 09. | |
A Fondness For Crawling |
2:22 |
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| 10. | |
Promenade |
5:16 |
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10 Total Tracks, 48:01 Total Length
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Credits
- Michael Gira - Producer // Michael Gira - Producer // Michael Gira - Art Direction // Michael Gira - Art Direction // Calla - Producer // Calla - Engineer // Calla - Main Performer // Calla - Art Direction // Sean Donovan - Bass // Sean Donovan - Keyboards // Sean Donovan - Programming // Sean Donovan - Engineer // Aurelio Valle - Guitar // Aurelio Valle - Vocals // J. Budenholzer - ? // Chris Griffin - Mastering
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