Blog: Hyperbolium

Ryan Smith: I Just Want to Feel That Way

Jan 11, 2009, 6:31pm Hyperbolium
Ryan Smith: I Just Want to Feel That Way Dark-themed one-man-band indie pop Smith's latest is the best sort of homemade, project-studio indie pop. The arrangements of guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards are more like songwriter demos than polished major-label product, leaving the one-man-band productions to focused on Smith's voice and lyrics. There are some novel instrumental touches, such as the retro-organ on "This is Not a Tragedy" and the moody low-string guitar on "Santa Cruz," but they never upstage Smith's lyrical mood. The edginess and experimentation of the backing sounds is similar to Smith's previous release, [...]
Artist:Ryan Smith
Title:Santa Cruz
Link Text:Santa Cruz
File Name:03RyanSmith-SantaCruz.mp3
Year:2008
Artists: , ,
Tags: , , ,
Posts: 301   Tracks: 121   Last Crawl: 21 mins ago

Hot Artists

  • Yeasayer
    Who: Yeasayer Title: Oddblood Label: Secretly Canadian RIYL: Bear In Heaven, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, hippies Thoughts: When [...]More about Yeasayer
  • Hot Chip
    United Kingdom Electronic / Dream Pop / Soft Rock I always thought that Hot Chip [...]More about Hot Chip
  • Massive Attack
    I dag dök nya albumet från Massive Attack, Heligoland, upp på Spotify. Min recension: Helt jävla grymt! Splitting The Atom fick vi ju [...]More about Massive Attack
  • Vampire Weekend
    Vampire Weekend: Contra On Contra, their newly minted No. 1 record in the U.S., Vampire Weekend had a tough [...]More about Vampire Weekend
  • Phoenix
    Witamy w nowym roku muzycznym! Dzisiaj krótki przegląd tego, co spodobało nam się w styczniu. Kilka piosenek, które mają duże szanse znaleźć się w podsumowaniu roku, a następnym razem ogólny [...]More about Phoenix
  • St. Vincent
    For many jazzophiles, The Allen Room in Lincoln Center is Mecca. The space is intimate, the acoustics are phenomenal, and the dramatic wall of glass offers one of New [...]More about St. Vincent
  • Beach House
    Beach House, who just released our best reviewed album of 2010 last week, stopped by Daytrotter to perform Teen Dream highlights “Walk In The Park,” “Take Care,” [...]More about Beach House
  • Spoon
    Spoon: Transference Austin-based Spoon has made a career of being critical darlings while seeming too cool to be mainstream. With high profile placement of [...]More about Spoon
  • Kid Cudi
    KiD CuDi who's set to be featured on Snoop's "Snoop Dogg: Malice N Wonderland (More Malice)" on a track called 'That Tree', doesn't only work on his sophomore album [...]More about Kid Cudi
  • Gorillaz
    Gorillaz / Damon Albarn has always held a very special place in my heart. Demon Days was one of my top albums [...]More about Gorillaz
MoreAdd itRSS