Zelienople - Give It Up

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 26 Nov, 2009.

I've enjoyed the Zelienople stuff I've heard in the past so lets see how 'Give It Up' goes down... Oh yeah we're into ultra serious territory from the off... Literally the whole atmosphere in the room has transformed entirely. How this works in the light of day I'm unsure as I reckon this is a late night listen. The vibe I get is like a mix of very introspective shoegaze and heart wrenching modern classical, all smeared in a ambient haze. It's ultra moody stuff. You can kind of hear possible influences in this record but I feel they're really carving out their own little niche as it doesn't sound particularly like anyone else I can think of.

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* PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIMITED VINYL COPIES OF THE ALBUM WILL COME WITH A BONUS CD INCLUDED FEATURING A FULL ALBUM’S WORTH OF SOUNDTRACK MATERIAL ENTITLED ’GONE’.
* Chicago-based three piece Zelienople have been around for quite a while now, and in that time have become staples in the underground music architecture. Percussionist Mike Weis has appeared on recent recordings with alt-folk legend Scott Tuma; Weis, Tuma and guitarist/ vocalist Matt Christensen form the band Good Stuff House. Despite all this activity, their passion still lies in Zelienople. Multi- instrumentalist Brian Harding completes the trio which has forged its most essential work to date with ’Give It Up’, a record which succeeds as a perfect summation of their progress in the last few years.
* With previous albums the band have garnered no shortage of comparisons to Talk Talk, Slowdive and Bark
Psychosis, and while these comparisons still stand, here Zelienople have pushed the influences into the background to reveal a daring and fresh sound.
* Poppier than its predecessor ’His/Hers’, ’Give It Up’ is a collection of rolling songs, from the Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore-esque opener ’Aging’ to the doomed Americana of ’All I Want Is Calm’ and the hazy ambience of ’Water Saw’. As we pass through the effortless percussive shuffle and dream-like riffing of ’I Can Put All My Faith In Her’, perhaps the closest the band have ever come to writing a pop song, it’s hard not to fall under their spell. It is a record with scope and an enviable restraint, and a record which revels in the band’sexperience and pedigree.
* TRACKLISTING 1. Aging 2. Can’t Stop 3. All I Want Is Calm 4. Water Saw 5. I Can Put All My Faith In Her 6. Little Lady Eyefull 7. Dust Bowl 8. All Planned

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