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Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump... On A Wooden Piano (Repress) Grandaddy
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"A hushed and intimate reimagining of a landmark indie classic, Grandaddy’s The Sophtware Slump… On a Wooden Piano—originally released in 2011—returns in a limited Eco-Mix “Tangelo” vinyl pressing. On this version, Jason Lytle transforms the album’s lush, synth-driven arrangements into stark piano meditations, highlighting the fragile humanity at the core of the songs."
Jason Lytle made the original ageless record while red-eyed and running around a sweltering slipshod home studio in his boxers using some gear he planned to return to Best Buy as soon as he was done. For this new, piano-centric The Sophtware Slump, Lytle traveled around Los Angeles, sourcing studios and pianos like a master chef selects foods from a farmer’s market. He identified three instruments and three studios that would suffice. Everything was in place.
As with many best-laid plans, his were scuttled. In this case by a pandemic. So two decades after making a DIY masterpiece, Lytle found himself recording those songs again, sweating in his apartment again, trying to create a controlled environment while surrounded by chaos.
The songs’ skeletons are the same, but the bones dance differently. Slower songs like Undearneath the Weeping Willow make a natural transition to this sparer presentation. Greater revelations occur with the once louder songs like The Crystal Lake and Chartsengrafs. The effect at times is that of unfolding an origami dinosaur and refashioning it into a swan. The album’s sharp melodic sense isn’t dampened at all, but the words step forward, which only enhances the aspirational lift at album’s end, about aiming toward the sky. Lytle only allowed his air conditioner to hum over one song. Fittingly it’s Broken Household Appliance National Forest.
Track List
SIDE A
1. He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot (Piano Version)
2. Hewlett’s Daughter (Piano Version)
3. Jed The Humanoid (Piano Version)
4. The Crystal Lake (Piano Version)
5. Chartsengrafs (Piano Version)
SIDE B
1. Underneath The Weeping Willow (Piano Version)
2. Broken Household Appliance National Forest (Piano Version)
3. Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) (Piano Version)
4. E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils Of Keeping It Real) (Piano Version)
5. Miner At The Dial-a-View (Piano Version)
6. So You’ll Aim Toward The Sky (Piano Version)
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