Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla [Vinyl] [EP]

Grandaddy | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (November 1, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Devil in the Woods
• ASIN: B000BBGB92
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #335,807 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

When bands go a few years between albums, it's sometimes nice to know what they've been up to before that next LP comes out. And now we can thank dear ol' Grandaddy for squeezing out a little taste of what's to come with a new EP entitled Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zilla. Recorded at Lytle's home studio in Ceres, Calif., on older equipment - none of that "glitzy 24-track" business - its eight tracks will not appear on the band's forthcoming fifth full-length. Tracks: 'Pull My Curtains', 'At My Post', 'A Valley Son (Sparing)', 'Cinderland', 'Fu*k The Valley Fudge, 'Florida', 'Goodbye?' and 'Hidden Health Announcement'. V2. 2005. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My First Ever Review, December 13, 2005

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Alex (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zilla (Audio CD)

Okay, so this is my first review, but I was forced to do it because reviews for this EP make me so angry. I believe people are misunderstanding the point of this album. The album was inspired by a lifted pickup truck Jason Lytle saw at Lake Tahoe with a license plate that read "ToddZilla". Some of the more uncharacteristic songs on the album are inspired by the thought of what this "Todd Zilla" guy must be like. Thus you end up with songs like Pull The Curtains with it's explicit lyrics and Florida, which are meant to be written from Todd's viewpoint, not Jason Lytle. With that said, the album is quite solid with the exception of A Valley Son and Cinderland, which are certainly B-Side material for Grandaddy, thus the 4 stars. Give songs like Goodbye a listen all the way through and tell me that outro alone (at 3:20) is not worth it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not an album for pretentious twats, April 24, 2006

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Charlie Thomson (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zilla (Audio CD)

I can't believe the rubbish I've been reading about this EP. It's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't, if Grandaddy had brought out an EP Facsimile of 'Sumday' the reviews would have all read the same 'not breaking any new ground' etc. etc. For those of us that aren't Prententious, Elitist Twats and actually 'like Music' in all it's various forms this EP has much to offer. It's a journey of contrasts in which Grandaddy digress in unexpected ways, i.e. the much maligned 'Cinderland' & 'Florida'. Though to 'Digress' in this case is a wonderful change from the 'converstion' we all just had with 'Sumday'. Grandaddy do a excellent job of serving up an EP of great texture and extremes, so effectively, it's a pity it didn't continue this pattern to 11 or 12 songs to create what may have been a very worthy follow-up album to 'Sumday'. It may have been treated differently to the 'Disposable Status' that these Critics love to Pigeon hole these EP's into. Real Music enthusiasts are looking for Music to explore and enjoy, and if you can ignore 'Critics' for the sake of 'Critics' you will warm to this EP that is perfectly accessable to those who don't have to stroke their ego by being dismissive.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mix of old and new = excellent as expected, November 28, 2005

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Carl Ryan (Brisbane, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zilla (Audio CD)

In my book Jason can do no wrong. I have everything from Grandaddy and love every second of every song. Grandaddy are one of a handful of bands that bring on that euphoric sensation you feel when you hear music that blows your mind. I am very sad that these guys are calling it a day and wait in anticipation for their last release.

On to the EP - in a nutshell this EP really combines the sounds of Western Freeway / Broken Down Comforter with Sophtware / Sumday and a little something new in the mix - Pavement style rocking. For fans of both Grandaddy and Pavement, songs such as Florida on this EP won't sound too out of place - fans of Sumday era Grandaddy will take some time to get used to it.

Anyway, highly recommended to any Grandaddy fan even if just for track no.2, At my Post - pure space rock magic...

Bring on LP no.4.