Crooked Fingers
Crooked Fingers
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Crowned In Chrome | Crooked Fingers | 3:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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New Drink for the Old Drunk | Crooked Fingers | 3:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Pigeon Kicker | Crooked Fingers | 3:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Man Who Died of Nothing At All | Crooked Fingers | 2:54 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Broken Man | Crooked Fingers | 6:31 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Black Black Ocean | Crooked Fingers | 4:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Juliette | Crooked Fingers | 4:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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She Spread Her Legs and Flew Away | Crooked Fingers | 3:13 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Under Sad Stars | Crooked Fingers | 5:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Little Bleeding | Crooked Fingers | 6:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Album Review
For all the sounds, instruments, and musicians employed on Crooked Fingers, the sound of this collaboration by Archers of Loaf's Eric Bachmann and Brain Causey of Man or Astro-man? is curiously lo-fi; it's also astonishingly gorgeous in its orchestral minimalism. Guitar, looping cello, and eclectrochime guide the folky melodies. "New Drink for the Old Drunk" has a let's-raise-a-toast veneer but its sentiment is straight from the heart of darkness, as is "Man Who Died of Nothing at All." "Black Black Ocean" has a melody so finely crafted, it's for the ages. The writing seems effortless; it's easy to imagine the writer lived the words and heard the melodies swirling in his head to the point of madness. Though Bachmann's style has been compared to the dark hours of Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen, he also recalls a more deeply disturbed Tom Waits — especially on the sick, twisted, and beautiful "Juliette" and "She Spread Her Legs and Flew Away" — in no small part due to his 200-cigarettes croak.
Customer Reviews
Pretty damn good record
First of all, the Archers were a great band. Second, the Crooked Fingers are every bit as good. Yes, the vocals are what Neil Diamond wishes he would have done . . . and the songs too. But to call this record (or any Crooked Fingers release) derivative is banal. I've grown away from hooks and pop, but this record still sounds refreshing . . . lyrically and musically. For those who like to wallow in misery, self defeat, or any other sort of pathetic human behavior, this is your soundtrack.
One of my favorite albums ever
I've kept this in a dark cellar for a while. I decided to crack open a bottle and I have to say it has aged quite well. The man is such a great writer...you have to taste this for yourself.
Understated but never unimpressive...
A mesmerizing debut. It stepped up to a profound pedastal in my collection at the time, and then I was thrilled when more albums starting coming out, but this one remains unique. "New Drink for the Old Drunk" is the boisterous crowd-pleaser of this record, though "Man Who Died of Nothing at All" more perfectly encapsulates Bachmann's strengths and sensibilities as a singer, guitar player, and composer. Overall, this is the "late lonely night" record of Crooked Fingers' releases, swelling with sympathy for the human condition in all its weakness and fragility. ("She Spread Her Legs & Flew Away" completely justifies its audacious premise.) If you've got your issues or vices, this album will make you feel understood - "Under Sad Stars" is a wistful heavenly catharsis for all of us. The magical opener "Crowned in Chrome" is among my favorite songs of all time, wonderfully liquid with loss. Crank up, listen up, and swim in it...
Biography
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Crooked Fingers
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Luisa's Bones | Forfeit / Fortune | 3:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Call to Love | Dignity and Shame | 3:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Under Pressure | Reservoir Songs - EP | 4:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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You Must Build a Fire | Dignity and Shame | 5:38 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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When U Were Mine | Reservoir Songs - EP | 5:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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New Drink for the Old Drunk | Crooked Fingers | 3:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Solitary Man | Reservoir Songs - EP | 3:22 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Heavy Hours | Breaks in the Armor | 5:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Twilight Creeps | Dignity and Shame | 5:41 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sleep All Summer | Dignity and Shame | 4:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $9.90
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Indie Rock
- Released: Jan 04, 2000
- ℗ 2000 WARM Electronic Recordings
