Track Listing

1. They Removed All Trace That Anything Had Ever Happened Here
2. You Show No Emotion At All
3. Branches Bare
4. Enemy Of Time
5. The Winter Hit Hard
6. I Can't Find My Brittle Youth
7. This Is What We Do To Sell Out(s)
8. The River Curls Around The Town
9. Lines Low To Frozen Ground
10. You're Worth The Whole World

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69100 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-15
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Every bit as good as Kid A - An unheard masterpiece
I've often wondered what would happen if an artist released an album under a false name, what the critics and fans would think of something. This record- had it been a Radiohead record would have been hailed as brilliant, gorgeous and ground-breaking. Instead, it floats along without much fanfare in the alternative underground as an unheard masterpiece. Blips, beeps and cool moods of emotion are what carry this record down the path less traveled.

This album earns that fifth star
The first few times I heard this album, I wasn't quite feeling it. It was cool, but I'd stop paying attention around track seven.

I then started listening to this album with headphones at night. Now, this is one of my favorite albums. There is lots of stuff in this music that needs a lot of attention in order to absorb. For example, "I Can't Find My Brittle Youth" sounds like an excellent pop/rock song when listened to casually. But when you listen with headphones and no distractions, you hear a wild electronic drum beat rumbling underneath that truly makes this song stand out. I especially liked "You Show No Emotion at All" for its contrast of sound. A mix of electronic sounds and beats with traditional, organic instruments creates an sound that is beautiful and modern. It's like an oil painting with laminated pictures of space ships taped on.

WOW
I thought that hood had hit their peak of excellence with 1998's "rustic houses, forlorn valleys" but this exceeds even that mournful, intimate, gorgeous and groundbreaking album. this album is even more innovative, exploring ambient, slowcore, postpunk, and other select genres to create an extremely emotional, expressive, and melancholic work. samples, beats, electronic blips melded with more organic instruments seems to emphasize the album's theme of slogging through a cold world. lyrics like "do you ever lie awake at night and think about your life and all your friends who died..or do you even think at all?" (or something close to this) adds to the despondency. this is a perfect album for those who are both sensitive and intelligent, perfect for those who loathe both the britneys and the strokes of the world.