REUBEN'S
ACCOMPLICE
I Blame the Scenery
Available on LP only
Description: Oh the harmonies.
So many, and so so sweet. It's been years since
we released this album (the CD version is on Better
Looking Records), and to the day, we still believe
it's one of the most underrated albums in indie
rock. The Reuben's boys have toured in support
of this album alongside Jimmy Eat World, Weakerthans,
Promise Ring and tons more.
Press:
"Throughout, the band shows its stylistic
range with a handful of genre twists. The thundering
squall that opens "We're Not As Big As We
Feel" gives way to the album's biggest surprise:
a rootsy, hooky horn line that would, in some
alternate universe, make the song a Top 40 smash.
The candyfloss confection "Loop" --
with Corak's bubblegum pleas of "someone's
got a crush on you" -- are enough to give
the most dedicated pop aficionados a welcome toothache...That
song dovetails nicely into the funky guitar workout
"Mixing Memory With Desire" -- with
Bufano's clever, cheeky wordplay ("California
is falling in Yuma's ocean") pitted against
the torrid riffage. While neither man is bound
to traditional song structures, there emerges
a Lennon/McCartney dynamic to Corak and Bufano's
partnership -- the former turning out immediately
infectious, linear narratives, while the latter
offers more caustic and abstract imagery, often
with a Dadaist bent ("Cliches becoming the
universal truth/Dark Monday theaters/Thank you
John Wilkes Booth")." - PHOENIX NEW
TIMES
Track Listing:
1. Happy Mondays
2. We're Not As Big As
We Feel [mp3]
3. Losing Sleep
4. Oh My God
5. Down Again
6. Fireworks
7. We're Not As Big As We Feel [MP3]
8. Mixing Memory With Desire
9. I Swear To Good You're God At This
10. The Water's Getting Deeper
11. The Things We Said
12. Whales Of The Desert
