Discosadness

Say Hi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 6, 2002)
• Original Release Date: August 6, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Euphobia
• ASIN: B00006LLH8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,765 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Subtle but powerful!, February 26, 2006

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Christoper Daugherty "chris924" (FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discosadness (Audio CD)

These guys should have their picture next to the Lo-Fi Music entry on Wikipedia. They define the Lo-Fi alternative rock genre. Their music is subtle yet powerful. The music just flows! Keep it up!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great debut from Brooklyn pop unit., March 30, 2005

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Discosadness (Audio CD)

"Discodsadness" is the debut album by Say Hi To Your Mom, a project by Eric Elbogen, a Brooklyn pop musician. While its not quite as good as its followup, its a really great record.

Elbogen has found a lo-fi vibe that works well, sort of the primitive '70s guitar sound meets early '80s new wave keyboards, with his half mumbled, half sung vocals on top of it. Of extraordinary note are Elbogen's lyrics, which somehow manage in their goofiness to capture a mood that perfectly matches his music-- he knows he's producing fun music, and even with its generally melancholy feel, its loosened nicely by the lyrics ("we could play some Pac-Man or go to the library / we can order some Pad Thai without the MSG", he croons in "They Write Books About This Sort of Thing"). Invariably, its a capturing of the life of a geeky guy in Brooklyn-- fact is, I suspect a lot of music geeks, myself included, will feel a strange kinship with Elbogen, between his bizarre pop culture references and his almost lazy attitude about pursuing love. What makes "Discosadness" fall short of "Numbers and Mumbles" (the second album and thus far Say Hi To Your Mom's masterpiece) is that the arrangements are a bit sparse-- there's times you'd hope to hear some more instrumentation, or a bit denser keyboard overlay on a song.

Now mind you, that isn't to say there's not just brilliant moments on the album (the sublime opener, "The Fritz", the largely synth-driven "Kill the Cat" and the extraordinary paean to love-but not at the expense of basketball, "Unless the Lakers Game Was On"), but Elbogen got his formula perfected next album-- start with "Numbers & Mumbles", then come back to this. If you've already got that one, then by all means, grab this disc, its superb.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hot stuff mama, December 26, 2002

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This review is from: Discosadness (Audio CD)

WOW!! Eric Elbogen, of LoveRuckus fame, has put together quite an album. It's awesome!! Everyone should own it and love it cause I do and my hands are freezing.