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John Vanderslice
Pixel Revolt
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Letter To The East Coast
2. Plymouth Rock
3. Exodus Damage
4. Peacocks In The Video rain
5. Trance Manual
6. New Zealand Pines
7. Radient With Terror
8. Continuation
9. Dear Sarah Shu
10. Farewell Transmission
11. Angela
12. Dead Slate Pacific
13. The Golden Gate
14. crc7173, Affectionately

CD Details

All Artists: John Vanderslice
Title: Pixel Revolt
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Barsuk
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/23/2005
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriters, Power Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 655173104422

Synopsis

Album Description

Vanderslice's fifth solo album contains 14 tracks built on short stories efficient and evocative enough to be reminiscent of top-tier fiction writers, and sonically gorgeous enough that the casual fan can go several listens without noticing the lyrics. In addition to several delicate, dead-on autobiographical songs,"Pixel Revolt" is full of John's trademark fictional narrators: a soldier in "Plymouth Rock" who develops second thoughts about the liberation as he lies bleeding; the anti-government militant with shaken conviction and waning commitment in "Exodus Damage"; a sinister stalker or harmless admirer of a pop singer in "Peacocks In The Video Rain"; a western journalist on a conflicted visit to an Iraqi prostitute in "Trance Manual"; the possibly paranoid-schizophrenic, possibly razor-sharp cop of "Continuation", and others.

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CD Reviews

Refreshing and Interesting

Duncan Hudson | Naples, IT | 08/26/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This latest installment by the amazing John Vanderslice is nothing short of brilliant. I bought this CD and can't stop listening to it. He has inventive lyrics and multi-layerd melodies, consisting of string instruments (like the prominent presence of the cello in Dear Sarah Shu), synth sounds, pianos, guitars, and much more.

This CD is just what I needed. The current onslaught of emo music is enough to make even the most sophisticated listener wish they were deaf, but this album provides a welcome reprieve from that world.

A definite must buy!"

4.5 Stars... Vanderslice's best album yet

Paul Allaer | Cincinnati | 09/03/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"John Vanderslice continues to issue an album just about every 15 months or so, this is his 5th one since his debut solo album in 2000.

"Pixel Revolt" (14 songs, 53 min.) is mesmorizing from beginning to end. If you're not familiar with Vanderslice's soundscape, think Aqueduct meets Bright Eyes, but with Vanderslice's own unique (and at times, very personal) lyrics. Track 2 "Plymouth Rock" is outstanding, and haunting. Musically the second half of the album is actually the stronger. "Radiant With Terror" is reminiscent of the Smashing Pumpkins' "Disarm". "Continuation" in another highlight. "Dear Sarah Shu" has intricate instrumentation and production. In "Angela", under distorted percussions, Vanderslice confesses to having let Angela's bunny out of its cage and then it jumped out of the windown "and hopped down Magnolia Blvd/no way he'll survive/maybe those last days of freedom/were the best of his life". The last track feels like a release of Vanderslice's pent-up fears and frustrations, catharsis-like.

With "Pixel Revolt", John Vanderslice brings another breath of fresh air into the music scene. This surely will be one of 2005's top albums. Highly recommended!"

More great JV

Ked | denver | 09/17/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This guy can craft sound like nobody's business. The lyrics are excellent stories wrapped in event mystery. The music tone and quality are top notch on every release. The only reason i gave it 4 stars is because I just happen to love a couple other CD's of his a little better. I didn't get as "emotionally vested" in this one but that doesn't mean it's not brilliant. I can't wait to hear this on vinyl. There is no Vanderslice CD that is a dissapointment."