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...completely absent from this performance. The attack of the opening octave cascade was overly cautious, and Sung’s uninvolved conducting generated orchestral accompaniment that further quenched any musical excitement. Friere’s rough phrasing of the second movement’s main theme disrupted the chordal harmonies in Grieg’s composition, interrupting the audience’s imagination of the majestic fjords and luscious landscape of the composer’s native Norway. In the third movement, Friere’s accents and staccatos lacked the caustic bite that keeps listeners on edge. He never...
...Bartók’s Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 that was almost terrifying in its technical execution. Harnessing the Steinway to produce a resounding bass undertone that pianists with a lighter touch so often lose, Lang beckoned us into the heat of Bartók’s chordal battle. After a virtuosic passage that unabashedly showcased the percussive capabilities and dissonant tones of the instrument, a plaintive melody, influenced by Bartók’s roots in folk music, resolved the chaos. Jerking out of this harmonic respite, Lang coaxed the coda from a steady trot...
...changes in the form or feel. There is a degree of self-indulgence on many of these songs that may appeal to the hard-core Built to Spill fan, but will undoubtedly fall upon the deaf ears of the uninterested and uninitiated. In particular, the repetitive lyrics and limited chordal palette—Martsch’s familiar predilection for minor key resolutions is rampant here—exacerbating the mindlessness induced by long, formless instrumental breaks. The album does begin with a solid first track, “Goin’ Against Your Mind,” which juxtaposes...
...fairly uninteresting piece of angular guitar rock reminiscent of “I’m a Wheel” with none of that song’s charm. “Radio Cure” is another example of a song better left in the studio. Its dissonant chordal structure and hushed vocals are buried in the bustle of live performance, making its inclusion here incongruous. An energetic closing salvo of “Oh distance has a way/of making love understandable” partially redeems the cut, but can’t save it from redundancy. Tweedy himself...
...though part of it was that I just didn't have the energy to be clever. Also, I'd just stopped drinking coffee." He laughs. "So the album ended up being about how you play melody without cleverness. It's almost as though I was detoxing from standard chordal patterns. I didn't want any jazz harmonies that came from the brain instead of the heart...