Snow Tires

Unbunny | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hidden Agenda
• ASIN: B0002JU5KE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,318 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt heartbreak from tender soul, August 26, 2008

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W. Johnson (Fuquay-Varina, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snow Tires (Audio CD)

"I've been known to walk at night where street lights end and dark begins/And lately I've been occupied with things I should have left behind/All my shortfalls notwithstanding I could give a lot to you/Press this dream up muddy river underneath the drowsy moon"''

New album - the fifth - from Jarid del Deo (Unbunny/Nervous Plants) with help from old friends Steve Haruch, Gregg Porter (The Hotel Alexis/Milkweed), Julie Law-Linck, and Two Ton Santa Records' Guy Capecelatro III and new friends Paul Chastain (The Velvet Crush/The New Ruins/Matthew Sweet/Menck & Chastain/Choo Choo Train/The Nines/The Stupid Cupids/The Big Maybe/Bag o' Shells) and Roy Ewing (The New Ruins/Braid/Very Secretary/Days In December/Mary Me/lowercase n/ Grand Theft Autumn Records co-owner). Recorded with Sidney Alexis (The Hotel Alexis), Paul Chastain, and The Rights (Rogue Wave).

''After releasing 4 albums in the US and appearing on a variety of compilations in Japan, New Hampshirite Jarid found himself moving from Portsmouth to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois for a year-and-a-half. Hidden Agenda Records found him working at Fannie May Candies and couldn't be happier to have made his aquaintance. As if sneaking Pixies and Mint Meltaways from the back room wasn't enough to satisfy him, Jarid began recording bittersweet song after song at his home. His chance meeting of Roy and then, Paul, gave him an opportunity to realize these songs more fully at his home away from home. He recorded "Snow Tires" in C-U with Paul, Adam Schmitt, and by himself, in Portsmouth with longtime friends, and in San Francisco with The Rights (who have been tracking songs for Rogue Wave).

''With a wealth of highway miles in the rearview mirror, a tragic break-up heavy on his soul, and a final return to his Northeastern home, Jarid pulls away from it all with "Snow Tires"; a masterful new album intimately plumbing life's changes while growing musically and lyrically. This is one of those records we lifelong music fans dream about as it combines the fragility of Elliott Smith, the humanity of Neutral Milk Hotel, the melodic sensibility of Matthew Sweet, and the careworn metaphors of The Mendoza Line. "Snow Tires" is a confessional masterwork that flows like a page from a diary from an engaging artist.

''Jarid del Deo is a musical treasure whose time has come and whose heartrending melodies and homespun tunes will capture the hearts and minds of fans with an affection for the aforementioned bands as well as critical faves Sufjan Stevens and Iron And Wine and anyone who loves pulling for the underdog and then seeing him win by a nose. ''

A displaced musician, a broken heart, and - did I mention the children's choir? - all the ingredients are all here for a stupendous album. "Snow Tires" is a labor of love for both artist and listener, I cannot recommend this album any more highly.''

"Me and James in the backyard/You and Nancy in the kitchen/James says you told Nanc/That you think of me differently now/I was in the garage/Grabbed the last of my boxes/I checked your oil for ya/You could use some good tires before the storm"'

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To hell with what it could have been, concentrate on what it is!, November 11, 2005

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Pete(r) "Piv" (Thar ghettos of suburban Pennsylvania. Straight up, dawg.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snow Tires (Audio CD)

And what it is is beautiful, frail music. There are mellow songs, introspective songs and songs that allow you to feel the rock bottom along with the singer. It is not an album from which you can pluck singles to play over and over - it is best experienced as a whole. Buy this short, simple and lovely album; take a ride that will stay with you long after the ehadphones come off.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll love this album, It's fantastic, March 7, 2005

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Christian W. Taylor (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Snow Tires (Audio CD)

Don't listen to the review above.
Don't try to compare and contrast Unbunny to any other group or artist.
Just sit back and allow all of Unbunny's work to become one artist you wouldn't know what to do without.
I did and I'm better off because of it.

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