Too Many Days Without Thinking

Swell | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: March 1, 1999
• Label: Beggars Banquet
• Copyright: 1997 Beggars Banquet Records Ltd
• Total Length: 43:02
• Genres: Alternative Rock/Indie & Lo-Fi
• ASIN: B000S5E07Q
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,851 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Sound of Bees, March 30, 2000

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rooster - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Many Days Without Thinking (Audio CD)

Like 10-ton truck, cutting through the muck- this cd plays the ambient theme tune from a dozen bees, humming away in your head...

There's highs, there's lows. Sometimes they play fast. Sometimes they play slow. And to pick out different songs is when you miss the point. In the middle of the night, there's still no light ...well? if you've never had the heart to slack. If you're too well adjusted to snort crack. If you like your beats to be boiled and baked, and your tunes to invade your head for a few weeks... you've obviously spent too many days without thinking.

This is minor in a major way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent album by an underpublicized band, September 14, 1998

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"johnphayes" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Many Days Without Thinking (Audio CD)

Swell - who hails from San Francisco, capture some fantastic mood and sound structure to their low key approach. From surfy songs like "Sunshine Everyday", to the hop-skip-jump sound of "F**k Even Flow" (my favorite), to the Church-like sound of "What I Always Wanted", Swell incorporates a low key diversity of sound that is slinks into your mind and soon you are grooving along to their growl. An excellent album.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars semi-artsy south of Olympia sound., July 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Too Many Days Without Thinking (Audio CD)

I think that these guys are from San Francisco, but the sound is a little bit looser and more quirky than what you might expect from that city. I've even heard them compared to Pavement. As far as comparisons go, there are moments on this album where I flash back to Surfer Rosa by the Pixies....I'd say that this is a good thing. The highlights for me are the second track "All I Ever Wanted," and the last track "Sunshing Everyday." The former is both soft and edgy, full of northwest indie longing. The latter is a weird emo-ambient ballad...beautiful and disturbing. This album represents as well as any other where smart rock is and where it's going....I'm following.