Comments on: Album Review: Bruce Robison – The New World

By: Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #3 | The 9513

Sunday Morning Comment Corral & Forum Roundup, Issue #3 | The 9513 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:24:34 +0000

[...] “By Bruce Robison’s estimation, roots music in this digital day and age needs to be a lot rootsier than its current status affords it. It’s getting a little too slick and his latest album, The New World–a departure of sorts from his previous efforts–attempts to set a precedent by taking cues from an earlier time in Austin’s illustrious music history, recalling ’70s stalwarts by the likes of Michael Martin Murphey, Jerry Jeff Walker and Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.” — review by Brody Vercher “The bulk of the album is very pleasing. I think Bruce is at the top of his lyrical game. My favorite by far is “Larosse.” The lyric is a master class in subtext.” — Mike Parker [...]

By: Brody Vercher

Brody Vercher — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:45:53 +0000

@Troy – Not from me.

@Leeann – I bought a copy from Amazon with some other albums, but realized about a week later that my package isn’t shipping until October. So I picked one up at Waterloo. I’d say it was worth paying for twice (although one copy will probably be used for a giveaway :P).

@Lynn – Did you find any blurbs on “The Hammer”? That one’s bothering me.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:55:03 +0000

I thought the back story to Echo was pretty cool. I read this blurb on it:

“In ‘Echo’ Robison imagines a lost love of both Bob Dylan’s and Buddy Holly’s in the back hills of a north-country mining town: ‘I heard Dylan on television mention an old girlfriend from Minnesota named Echo’ Robison remembers. ‘Soon after, in the Buddy Holly Museum in Lubbock, TX, I came across this love note written by Holly about a girl from the same place and with the same name! It was a crazy coincidence so I began to imagine who this girl may have been and went from there.’”

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:36:04 +0000

well i only ask it on this one because Brody had just posted on it

(I buy way too many albums) I do to i have habit of buying a few at a time so then i listen to one i like the most and don’t listen to others ones as much

By: leeann Ward

leeann Ward — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:29:28 +0000

Troy,

If there ever was an inappropriate thread to ask such a question, I believe you’ve found it!

I bought this album and enjoyed the clips, but I haven’t had a chance to listen to it quite yet (I buy way too many albums). The reviews that I’ve read, including this one, have intrigued me though.

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:39:30 +0000

Brody is there going to be a review on Jessica Cd

By: Brody Vercher

Brody Vercher — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:34:52 +0000

“Larosse” was my favorite as well, and I particularly enjoyed the attention to detail and imagery used throughout the album. For example, he describes the girl girl in “Echo” as a “raven-haired child” and mentions that he’s dumped “precious days into a scarlet water glass” on “California 85.”

I enjoyed “Echo,” but I feel like having one of the characters named Echo muddied the narrative a little bit for the listener. I was left trying to figure out whether he’s talking about the girl or the actual echo.

By: Mike Parker

Mike Parker — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:23:43 +0000

Nice Review. There are a few on this album that just don’t register with me. “Hanging onto Hopeless” being the best example.

The bulk of the album is very pleasing. I think Bruce is at the top of his lyrical game. My favorite by far is “Larosse.” The lyric is a master class in subtext. I also really like “California 85″ and “She Don’t Care,” even though Ty England’s version of “She Don’t Care” is better IMO.

I think “Echo” almost works, but becomes too focused on getting back to the hook that it lets the story wander a bit.