Some Sweet Relief (CD) ~ Speck Mountain Cover Art

Some Sweet Relief (CD)

By: Speck Mountain

More About this Product
Tower Price: $14.52
Add to BagAdd to Bag Click to go directly to the checkout.
This item qualifies for FREE Shop N' Save Shipping for orders over $25. Check individual shipping price. *Some Restrictions Apply.
Availability: In Stock
Share This:
Add To KaboodleAdd To Kaboodle  Submit To Digg!Submit To Digg!  Share On FacebookShare On Facebook  Add to FavoritesAdd to Favorites  TwitterTwitter 

Product Description

Track Listing

DISC 1 for Some Sweet Relief (CD) Album By Speck Mountain
1   Shame On The Soul  
2   Fidelity Shake  
3   Angela  
4   I Feel Eternal  
5   Some Sweet Relief  
6   Backslider  
7   Backsliding  
8   Twinlines  
9   Sister Water  
 

Run a Quick Search on "Some Sweet Relief" by Speck Mountain to Browse Related Products:

Browse more products related to "Some Sweet Relief"

Browse more products related to "Speck Mountain"

Review

The Times - "The band's ability to drive a song forward with just a single repeated keyboard note ('Backslider') or a reverb-drenched tambourine ('Twinlines) is a rare talent"

Product note

Personnel: Marie-Claire Balabanian (vocals, guitar); Karl Briedrick (guitar, bass instrument); Kate Walsh (organ, background vocals); Tim Daisy (percussion).

Album Description

Speck Mountain's debut album owed much of its lush ambiance to Mazzy Star, the seminal dream pop band that blazed a similarly trippy trail during the 1990s. Released three years later, however, Some Sweet Relief finds the group paying homage to its soulful side, particularly the Staple Singers, while maintaining the dreamy foundation that upheld 2006's Summer Above. A bluesy undercurrent runs beneath the album's puddles of organ and chiming guitar, and some of the album's best moments occur whenever that undercurrent bubbles up into the mainstream: the soul-singing coda of "Backsliding," the urban trip-hop swagger of "Angela," the neo-spiritual title track, and the flashes of Stax-styled saxophone in "I Feel Eternal." Marie-Claire Balabanian is a versatile singer throughout, capable of dissolving her alto into a sea of gauzy, harmonized coos or locating the blue note in an otherwise summery melody. This may be consciously uncomplicated music, a style that relies as much on atmospherics and emotional nuance as the chord progressions themselves, but Balabanian adds a bit of weight to the mixture, allowing reverb to surround her voice without shrouding its distinctive, husky tones. For those raised on dream pop bands and space rock songs, Some Sweet Relief sounds somewhat timeless, a 40-minute offering of neo-psych gospel that's more polished, more promising, and altogether stronger than most of the band's contemporaries. ~ Andrew Leahey

Customer Reviews for "Some Sweet Relief (CD)" by Speck Mountain

There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!

Submit your Review

Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials

Tower Records music Sales, Promotions & Special Features

Today's Most Popular Music Genres

Tower.com Music Boutique Stores

  • Greatest Hits Boutique
    Expand your musical horizons with our monthly selections for "Greatest Hits" and "Best Of" CD Collections.
  • Tower Records Vinyl Store
    Enjoy some of our favorite new pressings, indie rock releases, and milk crate essentials priced at up to 30% off so you can keep spinning right round (Like a record!)
  • The Beatles Collector's Boutique
    On 09-09-09, experience music history when the original studio albums by The Beatles are re-released, digitally remastered for the first time! Browse our favorite Beatles music, video and book titles!
  • Woodstock Anniversary Boutique
    Celebrating 40 years of Woodstock - Three days of music that changed the world forever!
  • The History Of Indie Rock Boutique
    Browse Our Album Art History of Indie Rock Influencers, from the 1960s to today!

Interact with Tower.com