A Few Things To Hear Before We All Blow Up

Williamson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 2003)
• Original Release Date: August 12, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B0000C0UFJ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #612,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Williamson’s debut CD is filled with instrumental electronic music that has depth and texture. The artist describes it as an invitation to dream.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars trust me, this is good., August 23, 2004

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Gina Gazic "ggazic" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Few Things To Hear Before We All Blow Up (Audio CD)

I'm going to try very hard not to be pretentious, and still do a proper job of describing this music. It's complex, as in there are lots of layers and it's not very repetitious, but I promise your ears won't get tired. It's pretty, and there are phrases that provoke love, curiosity, and optimism; but it's also subtle, not manipulative. Favorite tracks include Raining at the Crescent House, Rubber, Time You'll Never Get Back, And Then it's All Gone, 2%er, and A Pleasent Goodbye..

This is good music, and I recommend that you buy the album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drenched in gentleness, October 3, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: A Few Things To Hear Before We All Blow Up (Audio CD)

Flowing, tender, contemplative, the kind of music I'd like to hear while floating in a warm bubble bath. Williamson's mix of mellow electronica and spacey guitar is a fresh sound indeed, but somehow it feels comfortable like a favorite sweater. Loopy but never repetitive, the songs keep your attention while slowly morphing into different themes. I'd put this CD on the shelf next to Sugar Plant, Four Tet, Marumari, Sigur Ros, Transient Waves (in my recollection at least). I love how he lets you hear his fingers gliding along the guitar strings sometimes, while the electronic chorus gently slides from thought to thought. This is electronica, so to get the most of the carefully placed bleeps and blips that traipse around your ears, headphones recommended (though it stands up just fine over speakers as well, particularly when friends are over and conversation lulls to "hey, let's put something on the stereo").

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soundtrack to my brain waves..., March 11, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: A Few Things To Hear Before We All Blow Up (Audio CD)

I am glad I got to listen to this before we all (eventually) blow up. It makes me introspective and thinky without eliciting the dark downward spiral of retrospective recrimination. It is a wonderful soundtrack for writing, spooning, baking, driving, watching things grow and generally winking hopefully into the yawning maw of the uncertain future.