If We Can't Trust the Doctors

Billboard
The country spackled modern rock band’s debut album "If We Cant Trust the Doctors.."is equal parts X and Bobby Gentry.

NME, August 10, 2004
A strange and beautiful delight.

If We Can't Trust the Doctors

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If We Can't Trust the Doctors

Average customer rating: A nice shot of locally grown Americana creepiness Wonderful Album damn, damn, damn Don't You Know It's Bad Luck To Be Superstitious? Awesome Detroit Band

If We Can't Trust the Doctors Blanche Manufacturer: V2 Ada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blanche from the heart Last Days of Wonder Little Amber Bottles De Stijl Get Behind Me Satan ASIN: B0002WZSZ8 Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. (Preamble)
2. Who's To Say
3. Do You Trust Me?
4. Superstition
5. Bluebird
6. So Long Cruel World
7. Another Lost Summer
8. Jack On Fire
9. Garbage Picker
10. The Hopless Waltz
11. Wayfaring Stranger
12. Someday

Customer Reviews:

A nice shot of locally grown Americana creepiness.......2006-11-14

I heard one of their tracks through my local univirsity radio stations (CJAM 91.5) and immediately fell in love with their sound. Old-timey rhythms mixed with acoustic and electric instruments, all uniting in a gothic country sound. Banjo's seem to be incredibly popular with the indie set these days, and being a sucker for a good roll I completely dug their work. The songs are mainly sung by the male lead, but a good portion of them are duets between him and the female lead, and works well. The songs are all good and unique (with an exception of the tried and trite 'Wayfaring Stranger') and are instantly hummable. A good band to give a chance for those Handsome Family fans.

Wonderful Album.......2006-08-01

What an unexpected surprise. I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy this one because I'm not normally one to listen to country/folk albums. (To be perfectly honest i don't like the stigma attached to country music) but after hearing the harmonious duets between Dan Miller and his wife Tracee on 'Bluebird', i was completely sold. My least favorite track is probably the David Lynch-esque 'Another Lost Summer' but only because it shares its company with other outstanding tracks like Superstition and 'So Long Cruel World'.. There is very dark tone to this album but at the same time there is a gleam of fun in some of the tracks. If you've never heard Blanche i can tell you with confidence that it will grow on you very quickly. This is such a breath of fresh air from everything else on mainstream radio. It's also opened me up to a lot of other stuff i wouldn't normally listen. To put it simply, this puts everything in the mainstream country 'industry' to shame as well. Country is a hard sell nowadays for the youth but artists like Blanche, Bright Eyes, and Jack White make it accessible without the negative stigma most people associate country with.

damn, damn, damn.......2005-12-29

about as good as it gets. like a cross of the cure and the velvet underground gone country. sadness, longing, hopelessness. all the reasons you had to hate life in the first place. really the best new album i have bought in a while. if you have forgotten malaise and self loathing, buy this album...and hope you never hope again.

Don't You Know It's Bad Luck To Be Superstitious?.......2005-12-18

If I had to categorize this album, I'd call it Country Goth. It mixes strains of Hank Williams and Buddy Holly with the despairing wail of Marilyn Manson. The stronger songs on this disk are sonically compelling even as they force you to bathe in dread and marinate in morbidity. Even at the end, when the group takes on the old hillbilly spiritual "Wayfaring Stranger," their sound bespeaks a godless world in which death is the best we can hope for. Where this album succeeds, it succeeds spectacularly.

That said, I still can't bring myself to recommend this CD to newbies.

This album has some real treasures on it. Tracks like "Who's To Say," "Another Lost Summer," and "Someday" make hopelessness seem like a valid choice. The biblically stark instrumentation, reminiscent at times of Bob Dylan's "John Wesley Harding" album, is gorgeous and effectively carries the theme from the songs, of a narrator who has given up on human contact.

But other songs, like "Hopeless Waltz" and "Do You Trust Me," feel self-indulgent. The whole middle of the album is at almost exactly the same tempo, lapsing into vacant mood music. The two longest songs on the disk, "So Long Cruel World" and "Jack On Fire," aren't supported by the lyrics or the music and feel like they're doubling back on themselves. This is music for marching in place and it doesn't bear up to repeated listening.

There is enough on this CD to persuade me that, with time and seasoning, Blanche may be one of the major forward-thinking voices in alternative country. Several individual tracks are worth listening to, and even a few well-chosen chords feel like zygotes of great songs that will come later. For the time being, though, this album feels like the band members are trying on shoes that are too big for them and hoping they'll grow. I look forward to hearing what this band does in the future, but in the present it just doesn't work like it should.

Awesome Detroit Band.......2005-08-30

Blanche...another one of your typical bands from the motor city...NOT!!!!!!!! Dan Miller never ceases to amaze me whether its Two Star Tabernacle, Goober and The Peas, or Blanche. All of his bands rocked to tell you the truth, but especially his current band, Blanche. Who's To Say includes Brendan Benson with backing vocals and Mr. Jack White (yes the pasty white guy from The White Stripes, another rad band) playin the guitar solo on it. Superstition is another one of my favorites, "Don't you know it's bad luck to be superstitious?" This album is truly amazing

Average customer rating:

If We Can't Trust the Doctors ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00077DATO Release Date: 2005-03-15

Album Description

Includes bonus track. V2. 2005.

Average customer rating:

If We Can't Trust The Doctors... Blanche Manufacturer: V2 ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000LXCR48

Average customer rating:

If We Can't Trust the Doctors Blanche ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001AV5DK Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

1. (Preamble)
2. Who's to Say...
3. Do You Trust Me?
4. Superstition
5. Bluebird
6. So Long Cruel World
7. Another Lost Summer
8. Jack on Fire
9. Garbage Picker
10. Hopeless Waltz
11. Wayfaring Stranger
12. Someday...

Album Description

Fantastic debut from this alternative-country outfit fronted by the enigmatic Dan Miller (the artist formerly known as Goober in the hillbilly-punk prototype Goober and the Peas) and his ethereal wife Tracee. The band weaves a hypnotic blend of old-timey medicine show theatrics and down-home acoustic pickin', all threaded through with a spooky string of murder ballads and women scorned. The first track 'Who's To Say' features Jack White of the White Stripes. Vinyl Junkie/Loose. 2004.

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