STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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February 1, 2012

Italian Horn – The Bells of Spring 12” EP (Dais)

Hardcore archaeologist, author, VDSQ man-at-arms, and former Revelation recording artist Anthony Pappalardo surfaces with a new, promising project for the always-on Dais label. Italian Horn operates in lo-fi guitar pop mode, and seems to leverage the songsmithery of Guided by Voices (and as tribute, cover art created by Robert Pollard himself) with the Dictaphone-quality recording and vocal treatments of Blank Dogs, the latter serving as a treatment rather than an ethos, one would hope. Still, the songs are present and winning, the mood delicate and proud, and the potential to expand upon this template greater than most records of any genre that roll through here. It’s a bit presumptuous to go all in on Italian Horn, but there is a really strong pulse beneath the surface here that signals a significant work in the near future, and here’s the first step. Such a notion doesn’t happen too often in this here review pile, so little that it’s kind of become a yearly occurrence. Ground floor, goin’ up. 300 copies. (http://www.daisrecords.com)
(Doug Mosurock)

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