The Concussive Caress, or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With the Vacuum

The Concussive Caress, or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With the Vacuum

by The Blow
The Concussive Caress, or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With the Vacuum

The Concussive Caress, or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With the Vacuum

by The Blow

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Overview

Listening to The Concussive Caress feels much like listening to the soundtrack of an amiable, slightly goofy independent short film that focuses more on reflective states of mind than a plot. Khaela Maricich, who recorded and produced this album herself (with guest appearances by half a dozen friends), gets a lot from a little, using moody, pulsating lo-fi electronic tones and rhythms to back her ruminations, which strike a balance between the wistful and the matter of fact. In some respects it's like listening to one-half of a disjointed telephone conversation, with top-of-the-head-sounding lyrics that often yearn for or comment on intimacy, romantic or otherwise. It's not all electronic, with well-placed interjections of piano and strings, and it's not as inaccessible as the above description might make it out to be, as Maricich's tunes and vocal delivery have a light singalong feel. In spirit this is akin to an early-21st century continuation of the angularity of the Raincoats and the spare electro-rock burbles of the Young Marble Giants. Yet there's more of an isolated, bouncing-around-a-desert-cave feel to the Blow's oddness, though at its peak, as on "Gravity (Pauline's Response to Amy)" and "The Warriors' Hearts," it evokes both throbbing passion and morning-after-the-bomb melancholy. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date: 10/21/2003
Label: K Records
UPC: 0789856115327
Rank: 205592

Tracks

  1. How Naked Are We Going to Get?
  2. Chase Dream
  3. [Untitled Track]
  4. A Night Full of Open Eyes
  5. Sweetheart
  6. Sweetheart (Continued)
  7. What Tom Said About Girls
  8. Nothing
  9. Come on Pauline (Amy's Cassette for Pauline)
  10. What the Guitar Said About the Firmament
  11. Where I Love You
  12. What Amy Heard in Her Mother's Voice Played Backwards
  13. Gravity (Pauline's Response to Amy)
  14. Gravity (Pauline's Response to Amy) (Continued)
  15. The Warrior's Hearts

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Blow   Primary Artist
Jason Anderson   Drums,Guitar
Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn & Ginger Brooks Takahashi   Sangbe Drum
Anna Huff   Keyboards,Sangbe Drum
Jason McCloud   Trombone
Jenn Kliese   Cello,Strings
Lucas Grey   Voices,Sangbe Drum
Ian Ackerman   Strings
Bec Giffen   Sangbe Drum
Nora Danielson   Violin
Joe Kuta   Cornet

Technical Credits

The Blow   Engineer
Khaela Maricich   Composer,Engineer,Group Member
Karl Blau   Mixing
Anna Huff   Beats
Stefan Simikich   Engineer
Jennifer Biegel   Feedback
Michael Lavine   Photography
Megan Milewski   Feedback
Armin Zomorodi   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jeri Beard   Beats
Susan Ploetz   Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Production Consultant
Mark Greer   Mastering
Jason Anderson   Producer
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