Cut Open

Dwayne Sodahberk | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 15, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tigerbeat6
• ASIN: B000FBFSP6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #693,930 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Indie essence and shoegazing brilliance, September 24, 2006

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Brooklynite "Video Aficionado" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cut Open (Audio CD)

Dwayne Sodahberk's "Cut Open" is an unusual album in more ways than one. To start, it marks a definite departure of Sodahberk from his earlier abstract electronic work. For anyone who listened to some of the most notable indie rock in the 90s, this album will evoke familiar and surprisingly refreshing sounds. It seems to carry the essence of some of the most accessible bands from the glory days of 4-AD, with a tinge of dark melancholy and laid back introspection. The most brilliant and unusual thing about "Cut Open" is that it can evoke the sound of many indie legends without sounding like any of them at the same time. The bands that came to mind when I first listened to it were His Name Is Alive or My Bloody Valentine (and even a bit of Vincent Gallo), but it quickly takes its own form and personality. It is cozy, intimate, beautiful and unabashedly melancholic.
This is also one of those albums that grow on you, getting better with every spin. Favorite tracks: "Praetor" and "Open Cuts."
One of my favorite albums this year.