Swell
Too Many Days Without Thinking
(Sub Pop)
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This album is the first full length release after almost 4 years of silence from the band and marks the 4th chapter of Swell recording history. Too Many Days Without Thinking represents a growing maturity or rather progression of the bands sound and direction. The most noticeable change is that of production values, TMDWT sees Swell using alot more distorted voice effects and where past albums have featured more electric guitars overlaying accoustic this time round they are layering accoustic over electric. Swell seethe with a subtle intensity, threatening to take control of your nervous system reinstalling and confirming any belief that indeed life is bitter, but rather than repelling they encourage you to drink it up. Swell have one of the best drum sounds in the world. there. Said it. Done. Having said this though it is not necessarily the drums that carry the beat as the guitars
establish a sense of rythm and a beat unto themselves that the drum seems to imitate in many ways. The albums second track, What i Always Wanted takes over from the distorto guitars of the first track, reinstalling the sublime mood familiar with most of Swells recordings, lulling you into a false sense of security as most of the songs on this album contain bitter ëjust restrainedí songs of suppressed anger, bitternes and beauty, themes often running hand in hand in the one song. Bridgette You Love Me is one of the nicest most sincere love songs i have heard in a while, and the first i have heard about a dog. This followed by another deceivingly beautiful song which under closer inspection is about a car accident. In all it's a good indication of Swells ability to hide dark themes under a veneer of subtlety and sublime beauty.
Created on Mon, 22 Sep 1997 and last modified on Tue, 28 Oct 1997.
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