Short Careers [Soundtrack]

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As vocalist for grungy indie rockers Archers of Loaf, Eric Bachmann traded in pogo-ing, snappy pop. With post-Archers band Crooked Fingers, he turned orchestral and let a dark, folksy style drive his tales. It's from this perspective that Bachman models Short Careers, the score to the indie movie Ball of Wax. Accompanying a plot involving a baseball player turned bad, the instrumental score murmurs menace. Frequently utilizing rich, furrowing strings and twinkling percussion that's both ominous and innocent, tracks like "A Diamond Is the Devil's Eye" swell to intense, melodious climaxes. "Finding the Holes Filling the Gaps" is a carefully plucked dirge that ends like a macabre medieval dance, with guitar and string melodies darting between each other. Even better is standout "Reach Out and Touch Someone," a truly creepy song that creaks with violins and an eerie clanking noise and ends with a handful of chilling piano chords. Never monotonous, Short Careers is impeccably played and tells a cohesive tale rife with complications and resolutions, even without using vocals or words. It's said that every picture tells a story, but in this case it's certainly every lovely, disturbing note. --Annie Zaleski

Short Careers
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    		Short Careers
    Eric Bachmann
    Manufacturer: Merge Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00006BTDR
    Release Date: 2002-08-20

    Tracks:

    1. Good Morning Sleepyhead
    2. Forks And Knives
    3. A Diamond Is The Devil's Eye
    4. Finding The Holes Filling The Gaps
    5. Jimmy The Enforcer
    6. Aspirin Vs Arsenic
    7. Short Careers
    8. The Mysterious Death Of Robert Tower
    9. Nosebleed
    10. Vision and Execution
    11. Reach Out And Touch Someone
    12. Ty Cobb

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    As vocalist for grungy indie rockers Archers of Loaf, Eric Bachmann traded in pogo-ing, snappy pop. With post-Archers band Crooked Fingers, he turned orchestral and let a dark, folksy style drive his tales. It's from this perspective that Bachman models Short Careers, the score to the indie movie Ball of Wax. Accompanying a plot involving a baseball player turned bad, the instrumental score murmurs menace. Frequently utilizing rich, furrowing strings and twinkling percussion that's both ominous and innocent, tracks like "A Diamond Is the Devil's Eye" swell to intense, melodious climaxes. "Finding the Holes Filling the Gaps" is a carefully plucked dirge that ends like a macabre medieval dance, with guitar and string melodies darting between each other. Even better is standout "Reach Out and Touch Someone," a truly creepy song that creaks with violins and an eerie clanking noise and ends with a handful of chilling piano chords. Never monotonous, Short Careers is impeccably played and tells a cohesive tale rife with complications and resolutions, even without using vocals or words. It's said that every picture tells a story, but in this case it's certainly every lovely, disturbing note. --Annie Zaleski

    Music:

    1. Significant Other [Explicit Lyrics]
    2. Since We've Become Translucent
    3. somethingELECTRIC
    4. Song of the Bailing Man
    5. Soul Fulfilling
    6. Surbahar: Windows to the Heart: Melodic Mosaics of India
    7. Surf
    8. Sweet N Sour [CD-single] [Import]
    9. Swim Through the Blue Sky
    10. Take the Long Road & Walk It [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Limited Edition]

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