Formats
SB98 - LP
N/ASB98CD - CD
655030109829
Details
U.S. EZ is the fourth long-player in the Sic Alps canon (excluding the recent singles comp CD, A Long Way Around to a Shortcut), and their first for the Siltbreeze label. Fans of last year's amazing Description of the Harbor LP will not be disappointed, especially if they want to hear Side A's cosmic concr?te creak, forged with the trebly, high-end neo-glam pop of Side B. The duo of Mike Donovan and Matt Hartman outdo themselves here and it is the most fully realized Sic Alps release to date. U.S. EZ knows perfectly well what it means to be high and inside. It's not just baseball jargon anymore. If you've been jonesin' for an LP that calls to mind equal parts Bob Markley and Uli Trepte, then look no further, mein d?den (und d?detten). U.S. EZ is the virtual brick of Berlin / Big Sur hash we've all been waiting to break into. The ominous death's head fez has now been ensconced in a witchy naugahyde bonnet, thus levelling the playing field for both the psychedelically challenged and the itinerant avant garde. Sic Alps have always sprechen zie good vibes and U.S. EZ is a solid thump on all fronts. A summer tour of the States and a European one in the fall are in the works.
Tracks
1. Massive Place
2. Bric Jaz
3. Sing Song Waitress
4. Put the Puss to Bed
5. Bathman
6. Everywhere, There
7. Mater
8. Clubbing for $$
9. Inventing a Common Rule
10. N##JJ
11. Gelly Roll Gum Drop
12. CO/CA
13. Bric Jaz (Reprise)
14. Quai des Orf?vres
Press
?San Francisco?s Sic Alps take a modern approach to the
psychedelic sound, with reverb remaining a key ingredient,
and effects a routine tool, but with a sound more organic
than their ?60s predecessors, the final product something
more roughly hewn and imperfect.? ?FakeJazz.com