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June 01, 2005
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Cajun Gems - River Warfare
First of all, spam-commenters: please die. The people who actually run spam firms (is there such a thing? there must be) are probably greasy, poorly-haired, sexual deviant fucks. The kind of software nerdboxes who would masturbate to like, Xena Warrior Princess fan fiction and/or memories of old gym teachers. How would you even go about getting into that field? Do they recruit comp. sci. kids right out of college? Q: "Do you like to annoy people? But do you also shy away from the company of others? Here is your answer: a career in the fast-growing and exciting world of SPAM! Piss off millions of folks a day--without the awkwardness and pain of human interaction!!" Are there unions for these people, that's what I really want to know-
The Cajun Gems are sweet and lovable, and have an armed and angry (or determined, maybe?) naked woman on their website. Some of the Joggers are also in Cajun Gems, which should explain why they sound so similar (Ben Whiteside's distinctive tenor figures prominently in the work of both bands). There's a peculiar finesse to the Cajun Gems' songs though, something I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it's the soft little descending riff that serves as the foundation of 'River Warfare', creating almost an outline structure for the lyrics (would you hit me if I said it reminded me, slightly, of Wittgenstein's "Tractatus"? It's just that it proceeds in such an orderly fashion); maybe it's the sudden and breathtaking showers of xylophone notes that appear intermittently, or the way the guitar slides buzz and decay in the background. Quite pretty.
The band has a few (3) more mp3s that you can download from their aforelinked site. They're recording again soon, as they say right below the gun-toting nude girl. Also of note- the Joggers are apparently recording right now, which is good news indeed.
P.S. Sunset Rubdown's album, "Snake's Got A Leg" is supposed to be available for mail-order today from Global Symphonic. But maybe that's just a trick. Also, if you haven't heard, Sufjan's new album, "Illinois", is shipping on June 3rd if you mail-order it from Asthmatic Kitty.
Posted by Kevin at June 1, 2005 01:44 PM
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