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Folk Implosion

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 15, 1994)
• Original Release Date: August 15, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Communion Records
• ASIN: B0000000SC
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,239 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

His work in Sebadoh might have endeared him to a generation of mopey hipsters, but it took the Folk Implosion's left-field Top 40 hit "Natural One" to raise Lou Barlow's profile in Middle America. If you're looking for nothing more challenging than the pop propensity of that song (which does not appear here), this much headier disc may make for uneasy listening--but only at first. Barlow and partner John Davis have an uncanny knack for crafting ambient tunes--like the reverb-laden "Blossom"--that insinuate themselves into your skull after a few listens. The duo takes plenty of chances, building rickety sound-collages ("Sputnik's Down") and donning Mod duds (for the punchy title track), and by cramming 14 songs into just over 22 minutes, they insure that the disc contains a little something for everyone. --David Sprague

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun., April 17, 2008

By	TrEE "The Realest" (Venice, FL) - See all my reviews

Many years ago I got this album because I knew I had liked the Folk Implosion songs I had heard on the KIDS Soundtrack. This is nothing like those, but I liked it nearly as much. It's a totally different sound than what they would eventually make. This is the type of music you wish that you and your friends could sit around making at your apartment for fun. It's very lo-fi and that just makes it feel more like you were there recording it with them, laughing at all the silly ideas and lyrics they came up with. The only downfall is that it's a bit too short. I would think that anybody who has sat around and jammed with friends would enjoy this album.

4.0 out of 5 stars Talk about raw, February 24, 2007

By	The Jerk (USA) - See all my reviews

If you thought sebadoh III was raw, that was nothing! this album is so raw it was recorded in a bedroom. at times its hollow. i feel like i am evansdropping on rehersal sessions at their house. which you are. anyways, lou barlow & Co rock it. Some interesting melodys and songs. this is good.

5.0 out of 5 stars 14 songs in 22 minutes, November 5, 2005

By	Stargrazer "the lost mixtape of my life" (deep in the heart of Michigan) - See all my reviews

This one just rocks its way into your heart the whole short time it's playing. Each song is a condensed pop gem, quickly and roughly hewn out of Lou and John's (then) exuberant love of noise and syncopation.

These songs were not deliberated and edited to death -- au contraire, they are still steaming they are so freshly and jaggedly sliced from the squirming rock-fabric.

Fun to throw on at parties.