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Product Details

  • Audio CD (September 18, 2001)
  • Original Release Date: September 18, 2001
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Overcoat Recordings
  • ASIN: B00005NNG1
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #313,401 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Kingsbury Manx's second album, Let You Down, comes as a reminder that the simplest pleasures, often, are the best. "We have tried / To simplify our lives / To balance lows and highs," sing the Kingsbury Manx, on the gorgeous, lilting "Simplify." As rock & roll statements of intent go, you seldom come across a more humble claim--but then, anyone who's heard the North Carolina quartet's eponymous 2000 debut should know that theirs is a talent that you really don't need to shout in anyone's face. The unexpected success of The Kingsbury Manx found these four shy college graduates hitting the road with Calexico and Stephen Malkmus. While the follow-up, Let You Down, was recorded with one-time Slint producer Brian Paulson in sleepy Virginia, this is far from a difficult math-rock beast: characterized by the guitar-sliding, bass-stroking, cymbal-teasing all-round gentleness of the opening title track, and gliding through wry banjo-accompanied lullabies ("Et Tu, Kitte?"), lavish orchestral happenings ("Baby You're a Dead Man"), and incandescent, harmony-laden alt-rock dreamers ("Courtyard Waltz"). It all ends on "Do What You're Told": the sound of the four Kingsbury Manxers, "drunk as winos," stretched out in a meadow, playing guitars and watching aeroplanes paint long curves of vapor across the clear blue sky. --Louis Pattison

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime, November 26, 2001
My music tastes recently lean heavily towards downtempo, dub, and IDM. I find much indie music as tired and too esoteric for its own good. However, walking into Kims Video last week and hearing this superb album renewed my faith that sometimes the simplest songs can leave you breathless. This is a sublime album, much like the first time I hear Galaxie 500 On Fire, Boards of Canada's Music Has A Right To Children, or Leonard Cohen's Songs of Love and Hate. The songs are haunting, possessing a dreamlike quality that is both nostalgic and beautiful. Literally, these songs will drive you to tears, for no apparent reason. I'm eager to buy Kingsbury Manx's first release, I've heard it's equally amazing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, February 5, 2002
By Stryker Stereo (Albany CA.) - See all my reviews
I hope this review is put right under the guy who only gave this record 2 stars. What an ...!! This record is great. It has elements of everything that is good and unpretentious in indie rock. All of you Romulans out there, you know who you are- black hair, cut shaggy, short pants, bad skin, etc... Don't expect a flashy, stylish, hip mod looking group of guys creating this music, those dudes can't create this kind of music, they are too concerned with creating an image, not a sound. I like this band because it's so much different than all of the above. Real music, real warmth, real sadness, real emotion (no emo, no freakn' screaming here). Read the other reviews of this album, those people seem to have a pretty good grasp on it.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, February 5, 2002
By Stryker Stereo (Albany CA.) - See all my reviews
This record is great. It has elements of everything that is good and unpretentious in indie rock. All of you Romulans out there, you know who you are- black hair, cut shaggy, short pants, bad skin, etc... Don't expect a flashy, stylish, hip mod looking group of guys creating this music, those dudes can't create this kind of music, they are too concerned with creating an image, not a sound. I like this band because it's so much different than all of the above. Real music, real warmth, real sadness, real emotion (no emo, no freakn' screaming here). Read the other reviews of this album, those people seem to have a pretty good grasp on it.
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I ordered The Kingsbury Manx CD, Let You Down and wasn't let down by the experience. The like new CD and prompt service will keep me coming back.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums of this year
I am amazed that anyone could not like this album. I understand not being a huge fan, but not liking it? c'mon. The best way I can describe it as sort of proggy-country. Read more
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KM's first release was a nice change on the indie scene, very mellow simple guitars and sleepy lyrics. Read more
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Wow! I get pretty cynical over this whole indie rock thing...that is, until I hear the actual music again. Read more
Published on January 21, 2002 by Stephen E.P.

2.0 out of 5 stars Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........
The cover of this album simply states "The Kingsbury Manx let you down," as if it were a sentence. It turns out to be a pretty accurate statement about the album. Read more
Published on October 9, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars very true to their first album
For more on the Kingsbury Manx, you can check out my review of their first album, The Kingsbury Manx (self-titled). This album is very true to that previous work. Read more
Published on September 30, 2001 by mikefrei

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