The Human Experience Rocks!
author: Peter Greenstone
"February" is brilliant, more than just a collection of great songs but a sort of train of thought and emotion that I know I can certainly relate to at this stage of my life. The songs are so well written, from concept to turns of phrase, and arranged and performed with such craftsmanship and feeling that it pulls you in and plays right through your own heart. Matthew's dark humor, as always, comes through and mingles with the beauty and the sadness in a way that keeps it so enjoyable from beginning to end. I love the use of the interview clips between the tracks. This album really is a wonderful combination of thoughtful introspection and entertainment. It reminds me in the best way a little of "Bookends" by Simon and Garfunkel. Buy "February"!!! This is a great album!
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I love it!!
author: Paisley Beebe
This Album leaves me breathless it makes you cry makes you dance and is an incredible piece of work in everyway! I can\'t name one favorite song I love them all...all 17 songs. And the narrative is just so wonderull and moving. Buy this Album! its incredible....
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Songs + Strange People = Greatness
author: bunitingi
This is one of those albums that works on multiple levels. On one hand, there\'s some killer songs (king of the bastards is AWEsome, as is innocence, impotent rage & skyline hotel) and you can drive down the road blaring these and having a great day.
On the other, seriously, the spoken bits are worth the price of the album alone. They\'re interesting, funny, and i could make a remix of the album with just those.
But put together, a greater work emerges, and with multiple listens i started to perceive just how much depth this album has, how much care went into what songs and spoken bits went where and the emotional trip it takes you on.
This is not bubblegum stuff. The songs are clever and concise, the spoken bits cool, touching and funny, but altogether this is like some kind of tom waits meets cake work with pink floyd-like album planning.
Yeah, tom waits meets cake with pink-floyd album planning. If that sound like your thing, not only should you totally get this album, but we should have a beer sometime.
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