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Llama Farmers
Dead Letter Chorus
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Get The Keys And Go
2. Lull
3. Pornoco
4. Zorillo
5. When We Were Friends
6. Big Wheels
7. Jessica
8. Yellow
9. PVC
10. Always Echoes
11. Forgot To Breathe
12. Kill Will
13. Picture

CD Details

All Artists: Llama Farmers
Title: Dead Letter Chorus
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Beggars Banquet Us
Original Release Date: 11/2/1999
Re-Release Date: 11/16/1999
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: American Alternative
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 607618021221, 607618021214

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Unlike most teen sensations, Llama Farmers (whose bassist Jenni Simpson is listed as 16 years old) perform pop music with a serious amount of aggression and bite. Taking a page from the R.E.M.-Nirvana notebook, in which catchy melodies are met head on with cryptic (OK, unfocused) lyrics and singers of great sincerity (OK, overseriousness), Dead Letter Chorus is a surprisingly good debut. While there is a suspicious amount of finesse here for such a young band, the band's rough edges poke out with sizable punk-rock energy, stoking the rhythm section furnace in the album's opening cuts. The band turns tentative for a few slower tunes, "When We Were Friends" and "Big Wheels," that prove maturity is still somewhere in their future. But the steamroller picks up again for "Jessica" before backing off a bit near album's end. "PVC," which trades vocals between sibling Jenni and older brother Bernie, prove the chemistry is there when they get the atoms moving. --Rob O'Connor

CD Reviews

Cultured Teenage Angst

Second Fig | Co. Durham, UK | 06/08/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've been listening to the Llama Farmers since they sent demos out to radio stations and magazines and,i'll admit it freely, am something of a fan. But their debut lp doesn't live up to their earlier promise. Their are some brilliant songs here and they evoke memories of many brilliant bands along the way, Kim Deal (of the Pixies) could have written the bassline for P.V.C, and there are hints of Ash, Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Dinosaur Jnr along the way but ultimately they lack the emotion or passion. 'The Picture' is a notable exception, full of energy and angst with a simple but beautiful riff to go with it, 'P.V.C.', 'Yellow' and 'Forgot To Breathe' are also diverse and impressive, ranging from the steady bass riff of P.V.C. to the lo-fi fuzz of Yellow. Forgot to Breathe is a melloncholic acoustic song that shows that they can do the slow stuff as well as the power pop-rock and the rest of the songs are worthy enough but overall nothing leaps out at you. There's no moment of sudden realisation that this is what you were loking for even if you didn't know it and there's no real deliverance of the promises made on the debut single 'Paper Eyes', sadly absent here. Still for a band with an average age of around 17 it's impressive and the new single (Same Song/Movie) is out now in the UK and promises a maturity absent on Dead Letter Chorus. Fingers crossed then."

Get the keys and go

Ben | Ft. Wayne, IN | 12/15/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this band makes me want to drive. and it's an awesome cd. who could capture teen angst better than teens?"

This is not going to bring alternative back.

Mike | Somewhere in PA | 03/07/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This is CD is your average alternative album. It has a few cool tracks but the rest bore you. Get The Keys & Go is my favorite off the album...but I must agree with the previous reviewer that that song sounds very like Hum's song Why I Like Robins. I am afraid that the Llama Farmers will not be killing the pop music virus anytime soon, but maybe next time."