Very Mary Beth
Editorial Reviews
toneVENDOR, 2003
The new CD is indescribable - and indescribably delicious. Their best yet!
About the Artist
John Andrew Fredrick started The Black Watch in California in 1987; the first LP came out in 1988. Since then, John Andrew Fredrick has guided the band through several different incarnations, a number of different record labels, and most importantly, a long list of notable releases, including Lime Green Girl and The Christopher Smart EP.
Album Description
Each song creates a different mood- from yearning to hopefulness, dark to light. The sound has been compared to indie rock legends The Cure and seminal band My Bloody Valentine. John Fredrick’s lyrics are characteristically stimulating and candid, a la Nick Drake. Very Mary Beth begins with a dreamy ballad and then takes the listener on an emotional journey, ending with a happy, jangly love song. Because of the departure of Fredrick’s musical and romantic partner Jacoby, some tracks, like "Bitter Getting Better," and "Kick," demonstrate the bleaker side of The Black Watch.
Conversely, there are some very optimistic songs such as "Mary Beth," "The Girl of My Dreams," and "Beautiful" that brighten the record and add a whimsical twist. Altogether, the instrumentation and tone of Very Mary Beth create an album in which to lose oneself.
Very Mary Beth
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Very Mary Beth
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Manufacturer: Stonegarden Records
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Similar Items:
- Jiggery-Pokery
- Lime Green Girl
ASIN: B0000AOKOS
Release Date: 2003-05-01 |
Tracks:
- All These Shivers
- Mary Beth
- There Must Be Something Wrong
- Beautiful
- Bitter Getting Better
- Floating
- That's Just How It Went This Time Around
- Kick
- Kensington Gardens
- The Girl Of My Dreams
- The Tug Attraction
- Magic Shoes
Album Description
Each song creates a different mood- from yearning to hopefulness, dark to light. The sound has been compared to indie rock legends The Cure and seminal band My Bloody Valentine. John Fredrick's lyrics are characteristically stimulating and candid, a la Nick Drake.
Very Mary Beth begins with a dreamy ballad and then takes the listener on an emotional journey, ending with a happy, jangly love song. Because of the departure of Fredrick's musical and romantic partner Jacoby, some tracks, like "Bitter Getting Better," and "Kick," demonstrate the bleaker side of The Black Watch.
Conversely, there are some very optimistic songs such as "Mary Beth," "The Girl of My Dreams," and "Beautiful" that brighten the record and add a whimsical twist. Altogether, the instrumentation and tone of Very Mary Beth create an album in which to lose oneself.
Customer Reviews:
Why 4 stars instead of 5.......2003-08-27
This recording is GREAT. Real music and REAL ROCK AND ROLL is supposed to have some grit, rawness, ups and downs and slight imperfections. All that said, it's not like this was recorded on a micro-cassette recorder. Lots of great sonics herein. There's no such thing as a "5" except in symphony orchestras. This CD has grown on me beautifully. This is true altrenative indie music sans the short-change on songwriting.
!.......2003-08-14
A brilliant album which actually outshines last year's watershed "Jiggery Pokery". "VMB" is definitely the most varied Black Watch album ever - gorgeous, loping ballads like the opener "All these shivers" and "That's just how it went this time around" (a very very haunting song, by the way) share time with more standard (but excellent!) B.W. fare such as the "Mary Beth" and the rocking, ridiculously catchy "Kick". The album's defining moment, however, is "Kensington Gardens". For this song alone, J.A. Fredrick could be mentioned in the same breath as Andy Partridge, or John Lennon, or any other great songwriter you'd care to name. Yep folks, it's that damn good. Sorry if I'm sounding pretentious, but it's the truth. And there are 7 additional songs on this album that are nearly equal to
the above five - I just don't have enough adjectives to describe them all. BUY THIS.
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Very Mary Beth
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Manufacturer: independent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LXCOF0 |
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