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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July 16, 2010

Nice Face – Immer Etwas LP (Sacred Bones)

So I’m about four years behind on turning in this review but I’m still dancing around in the Internetherworld doing a little of the dead art known as “research” when I come across the Sacred Bones site. Imagine how proud I was to find, among the promotional text written to peddle this full-length album, this passage: “locks Blank Dogs in the pound, erases ‘Psychedelic’ from Psychedelic Horseshit, makes purses and boots out of Crocodiles, and, oh I don’t know … makes a puddle out of Wavves?” This was quoted from my previous review of the Nice Face 7” for Still Single. Sure, if someone wants to punch up their promo copy with an “-ism” pulled from a review that I wrote, have at it, but please try to remember that my name is ANDREW EARLES, not “one writer prone to curmudgeonly ranting” and I don’t understand why anyone would want to use “curmudgeonly ranting” in their promo text, especially when the passage is followed by the claim, “we think this is the cheesiest sentence ever written, even if it was intended as a compliment.” Let me get this straight: If I put out some records, and I’m trying to win over potential listeners – you know, get the Paypal gears a ‘turnin – I should go out and find the cheesiest sentence ever written and blurb it in my descriptive text? This greases the mechanism that separates people from their money? Should I make sure that the comment was written by a reviewer that I clearly disagree with? Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but rants written by curmudgeons … shouldn’t they read a little differently than lighthearted 27-word descriptions that indicate the writer is CLEARLY FUCKING AROUND? Caleb, do you need a mailing address to direct my W-2 towards? Figured I might get a little kick back or something, seeing as how my writing and the subject of my writing are seemingly worthy enough to take up at least a fourth of the one-sheet for this LP. Tell you what, if you end up releasing the follow-up to this record, I’ll make it much easier for you when it comes time to write the one-sheet. Ok, ready? [Left click] “There is no such thing as a phoned in, uninspired, hook-free version of latter-period Jay Reatard, but if for some unknown reason, listeners are curious as to what that might have sounded like, look no further than Immer Etwas.” [Right click] [Right click] (http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com)
(Andrew Earles)

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