Sleep All Summer 7''
Eastern Fiction
2005
Rating: 6 broken electricians out of 10
This Crooked Fingers record was "recorded live to minidisc" at "the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, PA" on 11/15/2004. Both the title track and the B-side "You Must Build a Fire" feature the backing vocals of Emma Pollack from the Delgados. And despite my love of this band, the Delgados, and particularly these two songs, the whole thing is a big pile of "meh." The recording sounds tinny and thin, and if it's not a good recording of a live show what's the point of releasing it? It does make want to go listen to the great Crooked Fingers' record "Dignity and Shame" though. I can't give it a terrible rating because I love everything about this on paper, but it could have been so much better.
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