Search - David Thomas & Two Pale Boys :: Surf's Up

David Thomas & Two Pale Boys
Surf's Up
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Runaway
2. Man in the Dark
3. Night Driving
4. Surf's Up - David Thomas, Parks, VanDyke
5. River
6. Ghosts
7. Spider in My Stew
8. Come Home/Green River

CD Details

All Artists: David Thomas & Two Pale Boys
Title: Surf's Up
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Thirsty Ear
Release Date: 2/20/2001
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 700435709621

Synopsis

Amazon.com

"I'd read the things people may know/ The stories they fit me into," David Thomas sings with his usual cryptic, mordant wit. For such a large man, he has a delicate voice, one that evokes desolate vistas and surreal places. He's been creating his own punk American gothic since the mid-1970s with Pere Ubu and more recently with trumpeter Andy Diagram and guitarist Keith Moline (the Two Pale Boys). Surf's Up, the follow-up to their 1996 studio album Erewhon, sounds like deranged Midwestern surf music. Guitars are fed through echo machines and radio receivers, while Thomas's voice weaves around atmospheric beats. The title track in particular, a cover from Brian Wilson's lost Smile album, has an off-kilter tonal beauty--like Miles Davis meets a mad Beach Boys. It, like the entire album, is highly recommended. --Lucy O'Brien

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CD Reviews

"orange groves in the lamplight halos"

Stephen Beaupre | Two rights, then a left. | 02/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"... It would appear that someone is either about to be very confused, enlightened, or both. I've listened to this latest David Thomas postcard three times through now and find myself enjoying it more with each listen; a truly good sign and an experience well known to all fans of Thomas, from solo projex to all things Ubu. Faves so far include the first track, "Runaway," "River," and the beyond-sublime rendition of "Surf's Up." To be able to walk up to the cd player and cue that up when the mood strikes is g-d gift. Thank you. To top it all off, there's a new Ubu on the way in September."