M. Ward - Transistor Radio (2005) {Merge Records URA142}
M. Ward - Transistor Radio (2005) {Merge Records URA142}
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© 2005 Merge Records / Spunk / Inertia Records | URA142
Indie Rock / Indie Folk / Rock / Americana / Alternative Singer-Songwriter / Adult Alternative Pop
M. Ward's latest is a rough-cut Americana diamond, one crafted not simply from folk and bluegrass but also 50s AM radio, the saloon cabaret of studio-era Hollywood, and good old-fashioned indie rock.
It's artists like M. Ward who make me contemplate why I write about music. I get my skin tingling to the acoustic guitars and I'm just thinking "Jesus, is this what it's about?" I'm trying to put the feeling this music gives me into words in an attempt to understand it, to convey how great it is and why, and maybe convince you that it's worth your cash or your bandwidth, and it occurs to me that I'm unsure why I do it– why I need to do it– and that, in the end, it's because I'm enjoying this and I want you to enjoy it, too.
Heaven knows you don't build cred or a reputation as a trend-breaker boosting a guy like M. Ward to the rafters with acclaim, because he's not one of those musicians who bothers with belonging to a movement or a trend. He's just going on with that beautifully flawed voice of his (a high, hollow tenor with a fringe of grit) spinning melodies that remind you that, though you're weary of the world, you're not alone. His last record, 2004's magnificent Transfiguration of Vincent is at once sprawling and intimate. It's grown on me like strangling vines in the last year and I can play it anytime around anybody without a worry. This one is just a little tiny bit less perfectly imperfect than that album, but it's still got all the warmth and gentle disorganization of its predecessor– with a few more oomphy tracks standing in for Tranfiguration's most introspective meditations.
For a study of Ward's songwriting ingenuity, just dive into "Paul's Song" and listen to the way he leads the verse through a countryish backing, steel guitar straddling the line between Nashville and Honolulu. You figure the melody has to go down at the end of the first verse, but instead he takes it higher and draws it out into a totally unexpected, twisting refrain. Forget verse/chorus/verse, though, because it goes where it has to, just like the traveling character in Ward's lyrics, who laments "Seems like everywhere I go the sky is falling/ When I come to town, I ain't gonna' lie to you/well, every town is all the same." It flows so swiftly into the half-time strumming of "Radio Campaign" that they could be parts of a suite; taking in the whole album, it occurs to me that maybe they are.
Transistor Radio, like his other albums, is stuffed with over a dozen short songs that each reflect a different side of the same shape, glistening facets of a rough-cut Americana diamond– one crafted not simply from folk and bluegrass but also 50s AM radio, the saloon cabaret of studio-era Hollywood, and good old-fashioned indie rock. Closer "Well-Tempered Clavier" extends further afield, a sad, enveloping baroque guitar reverie– let it be noted that Ward is one helluva guitarist, even if he doesn't often play it up.
By now, I remember exactly why I'm writing about this stuff. Because it's fun to get shamelessly giddy and lose yourself in the attempt to articulate your love for a piece of music, if describing it adequately bears the whiff of futility. Seriously, words will often inadequately describe great music, so let's be direct: Listen to this. You will not regret it.
M. Ward - Transistor Radio (2005) {Merge Records URA142}
tracklist:
01 - You Still Believe In Me
02 - One Life Away
03 - Sweethearts On Parade
04 - Hi-Fi
05 - Fuel For Fire
06 - Four Hours In Washington
07 - Regeneration No 1
08 - Big Boat
09 - Paul's Song
10 - Radio Campaign
11 - Here Comes The Sun Again
12 - Deep Dark Well
13 - Oh Take Me Back
14 - I'll Be Yr Bird
15 - Lullaby Plus Exile
16 - Well-Tempered Clavier
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M. Ward / Transistor Radio
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==== Log checksum 9DC704D9C9004EF650AFF4FDDB0D814DB59E349E065CE38E2CCFD00DF6C51D8C ====
EAC extraction logfile from 27. October 2016, 5:58
M. Ward / Transistor Radio
Used drive : PIONEER BD-RW BDR-207D Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
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3 | 4:25.33 | 2:14.71 | 19908 | 30028
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15 | 38:12.11 | 2:46.10 | 171911 | 184370
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==== Log checksum 9DC704D9C9004EF650AFF4FDDB0D814DB59E349E065CE38E2CCFD00DF6C51D8C ====
M. Ward - Transistor Radio (2005) {Merge Records URA142}
M. Ward - Transistor Radio (2005) {Merge Records URA142}
see also:
M. Ward - More Rain (2016) {Bella Union-[PIAS] BELLA521CD}
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