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| ARTIST: | Doug Martsch |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Brothers |
| TYPE: | Pop, Rock |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Offer, Dream, Gone, Window, Heart (Things Never Shared), Lift, Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus, Instrumental, Sleeve, Impossible, Stay |
| UPC: | 093624833826 |
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Customer Reviews of Now You Know
Great This is a really interesting album as a Built to Spill fan. It's obviously Doug Martsch, and his playing style plays through. There are a couple moments where the solos are all Doug the way we've come to love. What's intriguing about it, is that Doug fell in love with the blues. Where most people just say they wish they could play the blues, Doug has learned how, and has added a fantastic open tuned slide guitar to his arsenal of sounds. The album almost exclusively features this, and it's a fantastic modern take on the blues from a very Doug/Indie Rock viewpoint.
Another gem from Doug
Doug Martsch has yet to dissapoint me. He is, in my humble opinion, one of the great songwriters at work today. This, his first solo album, sans Built to Spill, is a mostly acoustic affair. Like all the reviews say, there is a blues influence here - but most reviewers miss the point. That doesn't make this album all that different from a Built to Spill record. In fact, the slide guitar and stomping blues influence have equally pervaded his work with the full band. The songwriting here, as a result, will seem warmly familiar to those initiated to his Built to Spill work.
The tunes here are all solid, and lyrics are typically witty and cynical. "Heart (Things Never Shared)" is a gorgeous ballad, while "Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus)" (the only thing here not written by Martsch) is a traditional spiritual/blues number which builds into a scorching guitar workout for Martsch.
Speaking of guitar work, guit-heads out there might want to check this album out on those grounds alone. Other than Leo Kottke, I've never heard another slide guitar player so good.
This album may not be the masterpiece that Built to Spill's Keep it Like a Secret was, but its fine on its own terms. Worth checking out, no doubt!
Was expecting more...
This, to me, was a bit disappointing. The change of pace is nice, but the record to me sounds same-y after a while, and it doesn't really hold much interest to me. But this is not an abject failure, and further movements in the acoustic direction by Martsch should be applauded.