Album Review: Horse & Elephant Eatery (No Elephants Allowed): The Singles & Songles Album
Reprinted from Heckler
by Ben Morss
This is a collection of early songs recorded by a band which may net be well-known outside of the pop scene and Athens, GA, but which happens to be my current favorite band in the entire universe. They might be John Cusack's favorite band too - their name appears on a poster in his apartment in High Fidelity. On this record, yau can hear their distinctive and wondrous sound coming together, with Kevin's charmingly tossed-off double tracked vocals, the choirs of clarinets, the smooth but medium-fi playing, even a song about a baby spider who is forgotten about and dies which ends up being a more cynical rough draft of Nickie Coco from The Gay Parade. Nowhere else will you hear sach complicated songs and interesting arrangements. This is a must-have for anybody who's ever liked the Beatles - you should buy the Gay Parade first, and then get this one!
This is a collection of early songs recorded by a band which may net be well-known outside of the pop scene and Athens, GA, but which happens to be my current favorite band in the entire universe. They might be John Cusack's favorite band too - their name appears on a poster in his apartment in High Fidelity. On this record, yau can hear their distinctive and wondrous sound coming together, with Kevin's charmingly tossed-off double tracked vocals, the choirs of clarinets, the smooth but medium-fi playing, even a song about a baby spider who is forgotten about and dies which ends up being a more cynical rough draft of Nickie Coco from The Gay Parade. Nowhere else will you hear sach complicated songs and interesting arrangements. This is a must-have for anybody who's ever liked the Beatles - you should buy the Gay Parade first, and then get this one!