Shut Up I Am Dreaming

Sunset Rubdown, Sunset Rubdown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Absolutely Kosher
• ASIN: B000F8DB9E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,489 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Sunset Rubdown’s music is lo-fi, shell-shocked, dissonant, and very reminiscent of David Bowie/Brian Eno’s post-apocalypse fixation, circa Station to Station. The images and music that singer Spencer Krug has put to tape tell of futility and disconnectedness through his warbled, pained singing--a style that almost distracts too much from the music. It's similar to the way that Conor Oberst's rawness sometimes overwhelms Bright Eyes. However, there are standouts like "I'm Sorry That I Sang on Your Hands That Have Been in the Grave," where a weirdly gorgeous meditation over a click-track coughs up a glimmering loneliness. On "The Men Are Called Horsemen There" glam and drama are dialed all the way up and mixed with a heavy Spectorian wall of sound. "Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings" swirls with tension, then opens into an '80s New-Romantic sad dance party. Employing unusual instruments, off-kilter arrangements, and an all-around herky-jerky feel, the album is intriguing and unsettling, not unlike Krug’s other projects, Frog Eyes and Wolf Parade. --Gabi Knight

Product Description

In this album, musical and lyrical complexities are extended to an epic scale. Spencer Krug's masterfully written songs develop into extensive sagas without ever crossing the line towards pretention.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rivals the Arcade Fire's "Funeral" in terms of beauty, January 8, 2007

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Shane Carpenter "sh6ne" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shut Up I Am Dreaming (Audio CD)

Simply put, this is a beautiful album. For the longest time, the Arcade Fire's "Funeral" stood on its own as the most beautiful album in my collection. Sure, many albums have beautiful songs - even several beautiful songs, but no albums until "Shut up I Am Dreaming" have struck me as comparable to "Funeral", and that's saying a lot.

I'd now like to address the spotlight reviewer. Musicans/ artists (esp. good ones) create from their heart. Sometimes a lot of people like their contribution and they are recognized i.e., fame, and sometimes their contribution never catches on. However, it is insulting to insinuate that this is "music for the scenesters" like spencer championed them as his key demographic. I am 26 and far from a scenester kid, yet I enjoy this music very much. It's like insinuating that pink floyd made music for drug users. The fact that scenesters may (or may not) like this album is just a side-effect; scenesters weren't the impetus for its creation.

This is an album for anyone that appreciates a beautiful piece of work, be it a scenester, a stoner, or a conservative, etc.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My top release of 2006, December 21, 2006

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Ivar Zeile "+ gallery" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shut Up I Am Dreaming (Audio CD)

I cannot state more emphatically that Sunset Rubdowns album is my pick for album of the year, not just for how surprisingly good it is to anyone that enjoyed Wolf Parade's incredible debut but because it is simply inspiring from start to finish. As a whole this is the most delightful kind of album, the one you wish everyone's side-band would put out to keep the enthusiasm going. The fact that it will remain under almost everyone's radar is not entirely bad, as it leaves it open for discovery many, many years down the road.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent and uplifting album, June 11, 2006

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KDR (London, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shut Up I Am Dreaming (Audio CD)

Sunset Rubdown are all set to become the indie rock darlings of 2006. Spencer Krug, of Wolf Parade and Frog Eyes fame, has struck gold again with Shut Up I am Dreaming

This is a wonderful album, filled with soaring and beautiful music accompanied by Krug's haunted, warbling voice

From the opening elegiac chords of "Stadiums and Shrines II" all the way to the soaring pop-synth beats on "Shut Up I am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings," I loved every second of this album.

To give the album that distinct flavour, Krug is accompanied by a wide assortment of electric pianos, xylophones, accordions and other instruments that give it a child-like, dream-like feel to it.

While the year is still young, I'd be surprised if this album wasn't on some top 10 lists. If there's any justice in the world, that is.