Prompts/Miscues

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Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 46:29

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Concept?

dandel

I had never heard of this "concept album" idea, despite having met Billy himself through a friend. (My fiance's ex-girlfriend's sister dated Billy. Ah, degrees of separation.) Anyway, don't let that dissuade you from giving this a listen. I think the album is at its strongest when pared down to Billy, his guitar, and sparse instrumentation--which is where his heartfelt songwriting and voice really shines. The lyrics are much more personal than something supposedly labeled a concept album, and the best tracks suit hopeful, sunny days when you've got the wind at your back and new love in your heart.

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Great concept album

Danfelf

Hadn't heard of this group or CD until I read a review in Big Takeover, so I took a shot on it. It was great comfort for me on my mp3 player during a recent business trip. It's a neat concept, supposedly about man's response to the speed of modern life per BT, but in between all the blips and noises, are some catchy songs.

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Coming three years after their debut EP, the first full-length album by the Foundry Field Recordings sounds like it was in gestation the whole time. Prompts/Miscues has that dense, slaved-over sound that, far from sounding sterile or perfected, emphasizes the album’s inherent quirkiness, like a D.I.Y. version of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. From the overlaid found-sound tapes and unidentified buzzes of the hazy opening, “Battle Brigades, Pt. 1,” through the chiming multi-guitar drones and melodies of “Warning Raids Over Kiev,” the urgent indie rock of “Holding the Pilots/Holding the Facts,” and the hushed, acoustic “Broken Strings,” sonic diversity is the order of the day, with only Billy Schuh’s wavering, often falsetto vocals and rather gloomy lyrical approach providing strong lines of continuity. Fans of Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, and Grandaddy will find much to appreciate here. – Stewart Mason

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