Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA The Charles Napiers - First Plane
 | The second release from the Charles Napiers shows definite progress, with better sound and tighter playing, and better ideas as well. |
Picks: First Plane Out Of Mexico, I Asked For Water, She Gave Me Gasoline, Fire Of Love, Valleri, Eight Minus One, Things've Changed 'Round Here
Track by Track Review
First Plane Out Of Mexico Garage Trash Organ R&B (Instrumental)
Weirdly vibratoed guitar, cheesy organ, haunting flute, and some kinda R&B riff rockin' feel. Just too repetitious.
I Asked For Water, She Gave Me Gasoline Garage Trash R&B (Instrumental)
Vibrato shimmer, guitar chop, blues harp, an R&B progression a la "Smokestack Lightning," and a never ending repetition, interrupted only by big chord drama.
Garage Trash (Instrumental)
Trashy riff rock from under the car... ominous, but without direction. The riff is melodic enough to be developed like Davie Allan might, but it doesn't quite get outta the shoot.
Garage Trash Surf (Instrumental)
Shimmering vibrato guitar, piano plunkery, a slow haunting melody that's quite nice... "Valleri" is a nice little track, with the art of the writing transcending the limitations of the sound and arrangement. Both dissonant and endearing.
Garage Trash (Instrumental)
Big chords jammed, a dangerous riff, and the feeling that it's going to overtake you through its relentless expansion. Not melodic, but dangerous and interesting.
Things've Changed 'Round Here Garage Trash Spaghetti Western (Instrumental)
A gunshot and a jaws harp opens this spaghetti western flavored track. "Things've Changed 'Round Here" is dramatic, dangerous, dissonant, and magnetic. The twango and howl of it placed through a reverby wash present an ominous image of danger on the dusty plain.