Record Label
2006
Eventually, All At Once
About This Album
Eventually, All at Once is the second album Joan of Arc released in 2006, and is the true follow-up to 2004's Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain, though the Joan of Arc Presents: Guitar Duets collection and The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc (a batch of B-sides, comp cuts, and other rarities) appeared in the interim. Tim Kinsella's songs remain on the introspective side of the aisle; actually, they belong on the existential side, if truth be told. Cousins Tim and Nate, guitarist Sam Zurick, Bobby Burg, Cale Parks, and Ben Vida all work to bring flesh to this skeletal and sinewy collection. This low-key approach is only one side of the Joan of Arc approach, of course, and this attempt at writing is also philosophical -- even if that philosophy is hidden under wraps of the lo-fi jaunty pop found on "Miss Cat Piss and Peppermint," with its speculative guitar and vibes parts set along a steady rocking rhythm that underscores each line in the verses. The ominous cartoon sound of "Living Out in the Sea of Umbrellas" is reminiscent of the drunken Dumbo scene in the Disney film. There are guitars that enter and leave, background sounds that add to the loopy paranoia in the lyrics, and a cello that sounds like an "oompah" tuba.
Track List (try tracks 3,4,7,8 and 10)

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