PREGNANT – Life Hard: I Try (Part 4)

Part 4 of this sadly disintegrating review. Sarah moves on to the Wrens, because why not, and throws a glowing recommendation my way. Thanks, Sarah.

Because we’re still stuck on WordPress (Sincerest apologies. The path to excellence is indeed a slow one.) we cannot embed the album stream. However, you can click anywhere here to open the player in a new window and listen while you read!

From: Sarah Braunstein
To: Brandon Hall

I thought that cassette mention would strike a chord with you. “The Sarah Tapes” will be featured on a future post and it’ll be worth the wait, folks.**

Ok, so I came across the following quote from reviewer Chris Daly at PassionWeiss while I was doing a little bit of research on Dan Trudeau: ” I wouldn’t have normally thought harmonica and dolphin noises could sound quite so pleasant prior to Mr. T’s laid back presentation persuaded me otherwise.”

That guy is incorrect. He mentions earlier in the review that, like Trudeau, he recently fathered his first child. I’m going to attribute the previous quote to his extreme sleep deprivation and complete isolation from the rest of the human race as result of being a new parent. It is only under these dire circumstances that harmonica and dolphin noises might sound “pleasant.”

So, I’d say that we’re wholly in agreement on this one. I won’t be compelled to stop at Pregnant when I’m scrolling through my iPod, browsing for an album to spend some time with on my daily commute or to share with folks at a casual gathering. Pregnant won’t be the band I introduce to the [obviously] less educated DJs and audiences in my Turntable.fm hangouts. I don’t despise what Trudeau is doing but it doesn’t speak to me in any way. There are nice moments, great samples, and thoughtful compositions but that “certain something” is missing. Like right now, I’m listening to The Wrens on repeat from Pitchfork’s 15 Writiers/15 Songs piece and whoa my god, Pregnant means nothing to me as long as this song is playing.

“Everyone choose sides,”

Sarah

**[What Brandon alluded to was the best non-date date that I’ve ever been on. Ladies, you’d be lucky to end up with this bearded Brooklynite.]

The Wrens – “Everyone Choose Sides” (because it’s more fun to listen to right now)