Owen Pallett - Heartland - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

When Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash came out in '81, The Replacements were booze-pounding hardcore heroes in Minneapolis. By the time Pleased to Meet Me hit the pop charts in '87, they were the power-pop-powered band who'd prove hugely influential on the coming alt-rock boom. In between 1983's Hootenanny, their 1984 classic Let It Be and their 1985 major-tag debut Tim. Early punk cuts like Takin' a Ride; Customer, and Run It join stellar Westerberg songs like I Will Dare; Favorite Thing; Androgynous; Kiss Me on the Bus; Bastards of Young; Left of the Dial; Alex Chilton; I Don't Know; The Ledge, and more! Rhino UK.

Chicago's Mike Kinsella continually reinvents and refines the musicianship that has followed him since his drumming days in Cap'n Jazz over a decade ago. I DO PERCIEVE is no different the follow-up to 2004s THE EP continues the collaborative direction Mike has been taking with Owen. This time, cousin Nate Kinsella (Make Believe, Joan of Arc) lends asssistance both on instrumentation and soundboard, helping to create eight grogeous cuts above and beyond anything Owen has done before. While the poetic songwriing and intricate musicianship of previous remain, upbeat arrangements accompany each song's development, culminating in an effect that's both majestic and wonderful.

Anyone vaguely familiar with Kinsella's musical lineage knows he's far from a one-note musician. And on new album, L'AMI DU PEUPLE, he expands his repertoire as a solo songwriter to include a touch of female vocals, pounding drums, and even dueling electric guitar lines.