{"id":3774,"date":"2015-08-25T14:20:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2015-09-02T15:17:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T19:17:31","slug":"palehound-dry-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/palehound-dry-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Palehound <br>Dry Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Palehound-Dry_Food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3775\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Palehound-Dry_Food.jpg\" alt=\"Palehound, Dry Food\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Palehound-Dry_Food.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Palehound-Dry_Food-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Palehound\u2019s <i>Dry Food<\/i> (Exploding in Sound) is a charming, low-key record that belies real surprises and resonating stories of turmoil and trauma. It uses the detritus of \u201890s indie rock, and through careful sculpting and scraping, not to mention some of the finest guitar being played in indie rock circles, makes those forms sound gorgeously new and real.<\/p>\n<p>Leader Ellen Kempner\u2019s gripping songs hesitate to give up their mystery. Her guitar, ably abetted by Ben Scherer\u2019s second guitar and backing vocals, is the most striking sound element on <i>Dry Food<\/i>. On \u201cMolly,\u201d the opening track, she uses hard strumming, distorted almost to the breaking point, between rays of silky slide twang to slap your face. On \u201cHealthier Folks,\u201d the guitars build and then lurch ominously, pulled back by the solid drumming of Max Kupperberg as Kempner\u2019s laconic vocal tells the story of someone caught in stasis, desperate to break free but in the throes of something not quite done yet. It is a glimpse of people desiring to be loved and to be the objects of desire, underpinned with an ominous undertow of droning bass courtesy of Thom Lombardi.<\/p>\n<p>On \u201cEasy,\u201d Kempner\u2019s voice tumbles ahead of the beat, and as it hangs over the cliff, the guitars and drums come in behind her, catching her just in time in one of the most thrilling moments of the record. She lays out a digressive argument that almost feels bored, like she she\u2019s said the lines over and over again: \u201cYou say you\u2019re never afraid \u2018cause you get off easy. But I tried on your shoes, they made me bleed.\u201d That sedated uneasiness continues on \u201cCinnamon,\u201d full of sunshine-blurred bounce and jangle that bursts into tense fireworks on the chorus, an inversion of the classic Pixies dynamic flipped around the tempo axis while keeping an easy volume. The title track is a country-tinged waltz that calls to mind the Silver Jews, with acoustic guitar and an aggressive, driving drum line with hi-hat that sounds like static\u2019s literally bursting off it augmented by organ and piano and even a mournful harmonica. On Kempner\u2019s knife-twisting mot juste, wherein she sings,\u201cYou made beauty a monster to me, so I\u2019m kissing all the ugly things I see,\u201d the reverb drops away and it feels like her voice charges the center of the soundfield, filling it and making the listener unable to look away from the cracks and rough edges.<\/p>\n<p>The key track in the home stretch of <i>Dry Food<\/i> is \u201cCushioned Caging,\u201d as close to anthemic as this record gets, with big, twinned guitars, fuzz bass, and hard drums replete with cymbals that slice like daggers. Even in this moment of real catharsis, the breakthrough is ameliorated by lyrics like, \u201cAll I ever knew was cushioned caging,\u201d and \u201cI knew you were a close call. I love you, it\u2019s all my fault.\u201d <i>Dry Food<\/i> is about the seeking of the comfort and growth that only comes from denying that ease. It\u2019s about the pain of revelation and about those moments of clarity and how fleeting they can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palehound\u2019s <i>Dry Food<\/i> is a charming, low-key record that belies real surprises and resonating stories of turmoil and trauma. 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