Son of Evil Reindeer

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For their follow-up to their 2001 debut, Y'All Get Scared Now, the original cast of 15--including Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and members of Astrid, Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, and Mull Historical Society--have been joined by a deluge of new recruits headed by Idlewild's Roddy Woomble and Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake, swelling their number to a staggering 27. It seems every Glaswegian with a guitar has signed up to join honorary Scot and Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody's lo-fi folk answer to the Traveling Wilburys. The fact that Son of Evil Reindeer is infinitely more coherent and intimate than its predecessor is astounding, and Lightbody himself deserves most of the credit. Aside from Moffat's brilliantly woozy "Whodunit?" the tender words and music are all Lightbody's, and it's the Snow Patrol singer's quietly aching voice that adds melancholy to acoustic ambles "Budapest" and "Your Sweet Voice," and feeling to the country-rock grind of "You Are My Joy." With the co-op's more avant-garde noise factors reined in, the other 26 contributors are seemingly confined to minor cameos, but when the results are as touching as this, it hardly seems to matter. --Dan Gennoe

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Son of Evil Reindeer

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If you love Snow Patrol, you will love this.
towers above EYES OPEN
Few good songs
Y'all Sound better now ya hear
Reindeer Section: Son of Evil Reindeer (PIAS)

Son of Evil Reindeer
Reindeer Section
Manufacturer: Play It Again Sam Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00006BTA7
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

Grand Parade
Budapest
Strike Me Down
Your Sweet Voice
I'll Be Here When You Wake
Where I Fall
Cartwheels
Last Song on Blue Tape
Cold Water
You Are My Joy
Who Told You
Whodunnit?

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For their follow-up to their 2001 debut, Y'All Get Scared Now, the original cast of 15--including Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and members of Astrid, Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, and Mull Historical Society--have been joined by a deluge of new recruits headed by Idlewild's Roddy Woomble and Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake, swelling their number to a staggering 27. It seems every Glaswegian with a guitar has signed up to join honorary Scot and Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody's lo-fi folk answer to the Traveling Wilburys. The fact that Son of Evil Reindeer is infinitely more coherent and intimate than its predecessor is astounding, and Lightbody himself deserves most of the credit. Aside from Moffat's brilliantly woozy "Whodunit?" the tender words and music are all Lightbody's, and it's the Snow Patrol singer's quietly aching voice that adds melancholy to acoustic ambles "Budapest" and "Your Sweet Voice," and feeling to the country-rock grind of "You Are My Joy." With the co-op's more avant-garde noise factors reined in, the other 26 contributors are seemingly confined to minor cameos, but when the results are as touching as this, it hardly seems to matter. --Dan Gennoe

Customer Reviews:

If you love Snow Patrol, you will love this........2007-01-18

This is my first Reindeer Section cd purchase and I was not disappointed. What a great cd. I highly recommend it. If you have the Snow Patrol concert dvd, you will recognize a track or two from this cd. Snow Patrol rarely covers these songs in US shows, but I am sure those of you across the pond are very familiar with them. Buy this cd!

towers above EYES OPEN.......2006-11-04

Since I already criticised that album, and since I really hate it so so much (and love Snow Patrol), I want to say again, after seeing all the befuddling reviews of high praise, that EO is the absolute worst music that Lightbody has ever released. And he obviously did it for the frigging money/fame. The two Reindeer Section Albums show how good he can be. It's beautiful, real music. And props to the other involved in these albums, of course.

Few good songs.......2006-03-16

Pretty good CD, has a few good songs, sometime a little slow though...

Y'all Sound better now ya hear.......2006-02-26

I found this album, in comparison to their first, to be more mature. There seemed to be more of a beat you could catch on to. The lyrics went beyond repeating the same line over and over, unlike their first album. 'Budapest'-track 2, is one of my favorites. Overall, i'd say it did not disappoint.

Reindeer Section: Son of Evil Reindeer (PIAS).......2006-02-07

I really behoove you to listen to Y'all Get Scared How, Hear? Before this one. I only bought this album because I was in a PIAS fix. I couldn't get the new Vitalic because it wasn't there. I couldn't buy Mogwai, because I was real skeptical about past work (I admit it!) So it was either Reindeer Section, Mr. Oizo or Llorca. They had Reindeer Section, so I picked it up only to find out that Snow Patrol's Gary Loightbodycreated one of the most charming CDs written. Most of it is just love songs, but the standouts of the album is, of course, the cheesy yet charming "You Are My Joy", the ecstatic "Cartwheels", and "Budapest" written for a baby born during the recording.

The song that sounds like it was written by an Irish Lambchop "Whodunnit" is the most wonderrul ending, because Aidan Smith of Arab Strap makes you feel as if he has been a very flawed and troubled man, and the choir behind him has blessed his beer-drenched heart the drum machine drenched "Who Told You?" and anticipating "Last Song on Blue Tape" are songs that should have been singles. The rest are interestingly executed songs about love and heartbreak, one being the fingerpicked, acoustic "Where I Fall". When Snow Patrol went back to popularize Snow Patrol, I hope he didn't know that he wrote a beautiful, and I'm using that in a serious manner, rocket of an album on his hands.

Rating: 6.75/10