SG002 Southerly 'Best Dressed and Expressionless'
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SG002 | 8/10/2004 | Digital | Artist Page | Artist Mart
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Also available via Bandcamp
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SG002 | 8/10/2004
The debut 2004 full-length album. It's common hyperbole to boast of a songwriter's newfound "maturity" with each new album, as if it were hallmark of perfection. With Southerly's third full length Youth, Portland, OR's dark-pop auteur Krist Krueger takes on the very notion of earned perspective through age & experience. Youth itself is a poignant exploration of life's varying stages of uncertainty and self-deception. Likewise, musically it explores shades of song structure with equal measures of childlike wonder and nuanced pop expertise. "Krueger sings with the fidelity of a songwriter who's seen what he's saying." - Pitchfork "...treads a fine line between lush and minimal, his linear guitar shifting in and out of intense percussion and pastoral orchestrations." - Billboard "The songs are especially well written and very original." - Punk Planet "Krist Krueger is a boundless talent hiding among our ranks. The Portland artists lush, orchestral pop is reminiscent of Richard Ashcroft, Elliott Smith, Brendan Benson, and Stuart Staples." - Willamette Week "The songs manage to be both introspective and highly accessible. Who knew that you could make bitter pills go down so smoothly!" - Portland Mercury |