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This four piece multi-instrumental outfit fuses Gypsy, Greek, Slavic, and Mariachi influences with American punk and folk roots. In 2006, they scored "Little Miss Sunshine", garnering four Academy Award nominations, and earned a Grammy nod for Best Soundtrack. Their stage set up is fortified by sousaphone, accordion, piano, violin, bouzouki, upright bass, percussion, trumpet, drums and Theremin. They've toured with similar maverick acts such as Calexico and Flogging Molly. The live experience includes trumpeters appearing out of the crowd, the band climbing offstage and playing in the center of the audience, and trapeze aerialists suspended from theater ceilings. This is the ANTI debut. RIYL: Arcade Fire, Calexico, Neko Case, David Byrne, and Flogging Molly.
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0045778694020
Label: Anti
Manufacturer: Anti
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Anti
Release Date: 2008-03-18
Studio: Anti
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Summary: It's more diverse than I expected-Love it!
Comment: This cd is great-it's my first DeVotchKa cd. I am impressed by its wide range of music genres... I love the crooner style of the singer and the accordion-it's nostalgic and progressive.
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Summary: A mixed bag
Comment: This is my first DeVotchKa cd, and at first I was extremely impressed. These are impeccable musicians with a lot of creativity, and they successfully combine many different styles of music. The only problem is the vocals.
Their lead singer sticks to one style of crooning, and after a while it gets very grating. In the future they would be better served by adding more variation to the vocals. I would love to hear them work with some guest vocalists, or maybe add another full time, female vocalist to the band.
Overall I recommend this cd, although the vocals are very limited and prevent the band from reaching their full potential.
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Summary: Simply brillaint
Comment: This album is unlike anything I've ever heard.It's just so different then anything else out there that it just reels me in.Beautiful.
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Summary: Epitome of eclectic rock
Comment: Although I'd seen the movie, "Little Miss Sunshine", I hadn't been so overwhelmed by the soundtrack to rush out and buy it. But then KFOG played one track on "new releases Thursday", mentioned that an accordianist was in the band, and prompted my investigation.
So I bought the CD, played it a couple of times then got lucky: Devotchka was coming to the Fillmore. INCREDIBLE show. Not sure why there were two hefty, leotard-wearing women tossing flowers into the audience before the band came on stage, but the music eliminated that odd vision.
A lead singer with the crooning vocal style (and this IS a compliment) of a lounge singer; a (female: bonus points for the PC) upright bass player, a solid-rocking drummer and a fiddler. The bassist set her instrument aside and donned a tuba; the fiddler alternated between his accordian and bringing two other violinists on stage. And the drummer played a trumpet, and the leotards returned to perform aerial acrobatics on dangling ribbons, as an accompionment to one song.
So this sounds like a concert review? The CD, though it only has one live track, replicates the sound of one of the five most awesome concerts I've ever seen, it just bowls me over every time I play it. basically rock music with a gypsy-folk balladeer veneer. Hard to compare it to anything else but zydeco or tejana fans will be overjoyed; as will any fan of well-executed, inovative alternative rock.
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Summary: Wonderful
Comment: It's a beautifully lush and layered album that draws from a number of classic styles. It takes you to another place and time... I can't help but imagine myself riding on horseback across the countryside or watching belly dancers perform in an opium-filled speakeasy!
If you've liked their other albums or the soundtrack to "Little Miss Sunshine," this album is a must-have.
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