|
***After a long wait, the fourth and finest album from Paul Newman (as in, yes, that Paul Newman, the rock band, who are in no way an "emo" band) is good enough to make you cry. Tastefully placed parts swirl in and out of the speaker cones, weaving a nourishing basket of goodies. Though they began in 1996 as primarily an instrumental rock band, each of the seven masterful tracks on THIS is how it is LOST features vocals, adding a new dimension for those familiar with their sound. Six of the seven songs feature vocals from Eddie Robert, who also plays with I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, while the seventh track features Craig McCaffrey, lately also of The American Analog Set. So, changes in sound and time of absence aside, everything that made Paul Newman revered by many music lovers remains intact. Recorded with longtime engineering partner Jason Ward, TihiiL promises to delight with its meticulous, rich pulse. Magnificent...compact with...logarithmic exactitude...but showing a laxity within their strict orchestrations that only comes from familiarity between the players and further improvement in writing songs. And the playing...is brilliant...surreptitiously delicate ... [and] rapturous. --Austin Chronicle Paul Newman is a post-rock band for people who like post-rock bands.... [Their] great riffs and use of rhythms [make] Paul Newman worth listening to. --fakekjazz.com [The] ability to change tempo and feeling...makes me like this band so much...Paul Newman are devoutly obsessed with reeling you in with a bait of musical mood swings whenever they feel your mind will swim downstream. --collective-zine.co.uk |
