The Lone Gunman

Idaho

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2008)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Halfpipe Records
• ASIN: B000BFHVVA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #106,573 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Orange Cliffs

2. Echelon

3. The Mystery

4. Live Today Again

5. When Sunday Comes

6. Have to Be

7. Just Might Run

8. You Flew

9. Kite

10. Cherry Wine

11. Grown in California

12. U Got That Gunman Thang

13. Wet Work

14. Cactus Man Rides Again

15. Where the Canyon Meets the Stars

16. The Days of Petrol

Editorial Reviews

Review

...here he advances an advanced, almost Eno-esque esoterica that would lend itself brilliantly to a movie score. --Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover

Product Description

For all intents and purposes, Idaho is Jeff Martin, and as Idaho he has been releasing music for a decade now. A lot has happened since Idaho formed in a Los Angeles garage in 1992. They have both shaped and survived the Slo-Core movement, and toured the

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite of Idaho's work, July 6, 2008

By	ol' dirty media junkie "you know you wish you... (san diego, ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lone Gunman (MP3 Download)

I'm a long-time Idaho fan and I have to say, I love this album. It's not as traditionally idaho-ish as most of their other stuff, more experimental and synth-influenced, but no worse for the wear. The album has a considerable range artistically, and unlike the other reviewer I totally dig the polka track. (It's not entirely a polka song, but you'll hear the tuba for sure.) I find TLG to be very listenable. It's got plenty of depth and texture to keep you stimulated if you focus on listening- if you don't, it's mellow and smooth enough to not distract you. I make an occasional 8 hour road trip from San Diego to Tucson and I listen to this album every time. Highly recommended for long desolate treks across open desert, breakup soundtracks, and indie movies (some day, it'll be the soundtrack to my own indie movie.) Buy it. Nuf said.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Don't pay the Amazon Marketplace prices..., January 18, 2006

By	Wounded Knee (Ohio's North Coast...) - See all my reviews

This CD is available NEW at www.retrophonic.com for like $15. It's not rare at all, as some marketplace sellers would have you believe. Hysterical.

Anyway, only have heard the tracks online at Idaho's web site. Sets the same tone as 2001's "Levitate": Piano- and synth-driven melodies hiding ambient accoutrements and haunted by Jeff Martin's harrowing voice. Except for the polka song -- for real. I can't get into that joint, J. Ulitmately, while I miss Martin's novel compositions and approach with the 4-string guitar that marked most of his work in the 1990s, "Lone Gunman" seems like a solid, chill soundtrack for an hour with a book, a long nighttime drive or some time at the computer playing online poker...

Well, scratch the last one. Playing now and losing while I'm listening. Dang.