(Off Records - offrecords.com) [Genres: indie rock, indie pop]
Ah, here's an interesting idea, a
concept album that follows the life of the fictional Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernickel through
song. This is also well put together and fun. It's amazing that they collected such bands
as Guided By Voices, Grandaddy, The Black Heart Procession, Mary Timony, Steven Malkmus,
The Minus 5, and many more. What an effort, what a collaboration! When you pop this one in
the old cd player, an old-fashioned prologue plays (by Goldcard), and then it jumps into
the first song, Guided By Voices' "Titus and Strident Wet Nurse." This is an
excellent effort, which displays the "creation" of the Colonel. Then it jumps
into an electonica-beat Stephen song documenting when Jeffrew was quarantined because of
his allergies. After that comes an awesome piece by Ann Magnuson and Dave Rick called
"Dr. Mom." This is definitely one of the highlights of this album, one of the
many highlights! After that comes a small piece (by Goldcard, like the prologue) that
notifies you that the next act is coming (similar to a play). After that, there are many
other awesome songs from a variety of musicians coming from a variety of genres and
styles. Definite highlights are Quasi's poppy "Which Side Are You On, Colonel?",
Mary Timony's sorrowful "Doom In June…The Secret Order of the Caterpillar",
The Black Heart Procession's "One Hand Tore The Side", Macha's "He
Remembers His Burial At Sea", and Weird War's neo-psychedelic "I'll Never Forget
What's His Name". Ok, so that's quite a large list of highlights, but this cd is
really that good! Not to mention all the other songs are almost as kick-ass! Don't believe
me? Find out for yourself: buy it at offrecords.com or go to a store that would have some
unpopular/obscure titles in it, and have fun listening to one of 2001's best cds so far!
Ah, here's an interesting idea, a
concept album that follows the life of the fictional Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernickel through
song. This is also well put together and fun. It's amazing that they collected such bands
as Guided By Voices, Grandaddy, The Black Heart Procession, Mary Timony, Steven Malkmus,
The Minus 5, and many more. What an effort, what a collaboration! When you pop this one in
the old cd player, an old-fashioned prologue plays (by Goldcard), and then it jumps into
the first song, Guided By Voices' "Titus and Strident Wet Nurse." This is an
excellent effort, which displays the "creation" of the Colonel. Then it jumps
into an electonica-beat Stephen song documenting when Jeffrew was quarantined because of
his allergies. After that comes an awesome piece by Ann Magnuson and Dave Rick called
"Dr. Mom." This is definitely one of the highlights of this album, one of the
many highlights! After that comes a small piece (by Goldcard, like the prologue) that
notifies you that the next act is coming (similar to a play). After that, there are many
other awesome songs from a variety of musicians coming from a variety of genres and
styles. Definite highlights are Quasi's poppy "Which Side Are You On, Colonel?",
Mary Timony's sorrowful "Doom In June…The Secret Order of the Caterpillar",
The Black Heart Procession's "One Hand Tore The Side", Macha's "He
Remembers His Burial At Sea", and Weird War's neo-psychedelic "I'll Never Forget
What's His Name". Ok, so that's quite a large list of highlights, but this cd is
really that good! Not to mention all the other songs are almost as kick-ass! Don't believe
me? Find out for yourself: buy it at offrecords.com or go to a store that would have some
unpopular/obscure titles in it, and have fun listening to one of 2001's best cds so far!