ehrlichman - "sorry to hear your a gonner"
[cassette]
whistful tin-pan tunes about small town life and feeling sorry for yourself. wonderfully grand songwriting, and melodies with a love for words. a un-modern comprehensive song database.
"doxylamine succinate"
"finding for the plaintiff"
"in the meantime"
"fayetteville"
"big break"
"several dances, same girl"
"waiting"
"bad day for forest fires"
"old grudge song"
"tell-tale lamp"
"easy to admire hard to love"
"hey baby im a warm body"
reviews
In a nasal Mountain Goats spoken/sung delivery, Scott Jacobson, aka Ehrlichman (Watergate?), gives an intimate look at his life and his songwriting. With only guitar, keyboard, drum machine and the magic of four-track production, Jacobson manages to charm. His lyrics are concerned with a small town upbringing, ("Fayetteville") and rocky love affairs ("In the Meantime") that can both cut to the heart and make you wince once or twice (see "Finding For the Plaintiff"). What this collection lacks in polish, it easily makes up in raw honesty. Jacobson has a ready ear for melody and he exploits it expertly through minimal keyboard lines and dubbed guitar leads that do much to overcome the bare bones style. One song, "Hey Baby I'm a Warm Body", daringly shuns instrumentation entirely, but proves very entertaining. The sound quality is poor, but the songs are strong (albeit mostly unfinished) and their vitality and originality remain unscathed. Apparently, a few of these songs were completed and envisioned on another release entitled Trysting Spot -- which, if this tape is any indication, should also be a winner. - splendid