Have you ever heard people talk about the first time they listened to the Replacements album TIM or Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE?
I love that there's an orange tabby on this cd that looks a lot like amos
There's always a twinkle in their eye because those albums have this indescribable 'romantic' quality to those records. Records that I have a very strong affection for, but I wasn't really old enough to enjoy them the way people in their 20s or 30s got to enjoy them when those albums came out.
I'm not entirely sure how well known Brendan Benson is outside of Detroit... he was a key contributor to the Raconteurs (w/ Jack White) but I think he's relatively unknown to most. In 2002, he released a record on a small upstart label called Startime International that I had my eye on after picking up releases from the Walkmen and the French Kicks.
When I heard that Brendan Benson was actually from Detroit (the label was releasing work from East Cost/NYC artists) I was kinda surprised that I was hearing about him for the first time... I mean, there were so many bands in the city that were gaining attention because of the success of the White Stripes - but somehow this guy was relatively unknown.
This album received an incredible amount of positive press. Like the albums TIM and EXILE IN GUYVILLE - it also has a very romantic quality to it. I know that because I lived in Detroit at the time that this album came out, makes me incredibly bias to the album - but I'm having a hard time thinking of any other albums that I fondly remember making a bigger impact on me in my 20s. This album was my TIM and Exile in Guyville.
Stand out tracks:
- Brendan Benson – Tiny Spark
- Brendan Benson – Metarie
- Brendan Benson – Folk Singer
- Brendan Benson – Life In the D
- Brendan Benson – Good To Me
- Brendan Benson – You're Quiet
- Brendan Benson – What
- Brendan Benson – I'm Easy
Artists: Brendan Benson
Album: Lapalco
Producer: Brendan Benson, Jason Falkner
Label: Startime International
Recorded: ?