Tiger Style
2003
Two Coversations
About This Album
Appleseed Cast's first full-length collection of new material since the stylistic shift of the Low Level Owl albums (and its first for the N.Y.C. indie Tiger Style) finds the Lawrence, KS-based quintet tightening the screws on its newfound experimentalism a little bit, and jettisoning whatever stocks of emo-ness were still bouncing around in the hold after its re-emergence as "America's Radiohead." While that tag is pretty ridiculous (why does America need its own Radiohead when the real Radiohead is doing just fine?), there is some similarity in the way Appleseed Cast lets its songs unfold slowly, cascade violently, or do both concurrently. Two Conversations actually aligns the group more with 21st century indie rockers like Grandaddy or the New Year -- the entire album is full of those satisfying moments when a hesitant guitar line, meandering organ, and snatches of vocals suddenly unite and break through the clouds into a sweeping melody or crashing, drum-led crescendo. "Hello Dearest Love" begins Two Conversations with such a moment; "Fight Song," arriving halfway through, sets up its second half. Slowcore nods its head throughout the record, defining the loping, lilting pace of "How Life Can Turn" and "A Dream for Us.
Track List (try tracks 1,5 and 8)

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