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With a group of young athletes and a new coach following Farrar??s resignation in May, the Crimson’s future may appear a bit uncertain, but returning players are confident the team will triumph and improve on this season’s disappointments...
...capture the wistful romanticism of sadness by the sea, it’s that of Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard. On “One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur,” Gibbard and Jay Farrar??of Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo fame—collaborate to craft a soundtrack to an upcoming documentary about Jack Kerouac’s 1967 novel “Big Sur.” Lyrics for the soundtrack are entirely drawn from the novel’s text...
Certain other tracks likewise skillfully utilize vocal talents: the deeper, twangier timbre of Jay Farrar enhances songs like “Low Life Kingdom.” The song, which details the depths of Kerouac’s alcohol- and madness-induced depression, puts Farrar??s gritty, alt-country manner to good use. When he wails “I’m gonna die in full despair / and wake up where the atmosphere / is dearer and maybe closer to heaven,” one senses the raw desperation of a man on the edge of sanity...
...number of unskillful, uninspired songs demonstrate, the album’s collaborators largely failed at matching their individual musical strengths with the different moods of the album. Specifically, Gibbard’s sensitive and delicately emotive voice is best suited to melancholy and thoughtful melodies. By contrast, Farrar??s deeper, rougher twang enlivens gritty, hard-up tracks, but his nasally drawl drags down slower paced songs, making them sound whiny, not wistful. On the whole, this album, though fortified by a few well-crafted tracks, fails to adroitly engage its source text and the vocal talents...
...hopes to take some positives out of a difficult year, which included heartbreaking overtime losses to then-No. 19 Brown at home in October and to MIT in the Northern Championships. Although the Crimson began the year 2-1 and looked to be adjusting well to head coach Erik Farrar??s new system, the squad struggled mightily with transition defense, prompting an eight-game losing streak. But rather than give into frustration, Harvard tightened its play and went 3-3 over its final six games, an encouraging sign for 2009. “Guys for the most part...