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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0098787070125
Label: Sub Pop
Manufacturer: Sub Pop
MPN: 701
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sub Pop
Release Date: January 24, 2006
Studio: Sub Pop
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Editorial Review:
Even when on sabbatical from his "other" band Rilo Kiley, guitarist Blake Sennett keeps a great distance from stagnation. In a record driven by elongated performances and an unending interstate (and recorded in various locales along the journey), this Sennett-fronted foursome mirrors its highly commended debut Me First with another mix of razor-sharp and patently droll songs—this round with more of an emphasis on beach-blanket pop than bell-bottomed country. The nomadic Sennett boosts the usual orchestration with lap steel, accordion and saxophone, but it is his own guitar, piano and falsetto vocals that transport wistful tunes like the anxious "Not Going Home" and the Doubting Thomas love song "It Was Love" (backed by Rilo vocalist Jenny Lewis) into bare, intimate anthems. The melancholy melodies of late compatriot Elliott Smith are recalled in the title song, as well as the record's most reflective track, "Fireflies in a Steel Mill." "Should we turn our tails and flee," Sennett asks, "Or just sit tight and breathe deep?" Chances are he'd choose the former, as the latter seems downright impossible. --Scott Holter
The rope-strong, luminous follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2004 debut, "Me First". Recorded while singer/songwriter Blake Sennett was on tour with his other band, Rilo Kiley, the album is propelled by the kind of unsettled, exploratory impetus that's only native to the American open road. While portions of the album were recorded in studios, Sennett recorded and produced the majority of his creations in environments he was passing through. The dichotomy between feeling completely at home and at the same time homeless on the road fuels Sennett's biting, reflective lyricism and grand, sweeping compositions.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The cover sums up what the music sounds and feels like
Blake Sennett (of Rilo Kiley) is a talented guy, which he proves yet again with his other band The Elected. For fans of summery, though slightly melancholic 70's music (think America, Late-period Beach Boys ballads, Neil Young at his most "fragile"), Sun Sun Sun is a bit of a find in this day and age.
Rating:  - Sub pop should have higher standards
It has been a long time since I have been this disappointed with an album. The songwriting is very campy and silly. The arrangements remind me of Queen only less original. It's comes off as pretentious. The lyrics are as though the author really wants to inform the listener of his deep inner struggles, but that nothing that bad ever really happened to him. It's like reading Dean Koonts when your in the mood for Kurt Vonnegut. This record is just bad fiction. It's really sad that a history making ... Read More
Rating:  - a masterpiece!
And no, I don't use that noun carelessly. I heard this album when it came out as a DJ at a college indie station. When everyone said it was boring and static I listened to the album anyway because I liked the instant family-vacation-in-the-wilderness-cabin album art. The first track I listened to was The Biggest Star. Holy hell! By the first couplet of the first verse I was in love! I felt like a school girl with a crush on this singer and was glad nobody was in the studio to witness my whoops and ... Read More
Rating: - Best I could've hoped for
This album represents everything I wanted this band to achieve. Awesome melodies, wanderous lyrics, and an all around heartwarming sound. I could have wished for nothing more from this second Elected release. If this album doesn't make you smile while listening to it, there is definitely something wrong with you.
Rating: - Like Rays of Sun
www.AbsolutePunk.net
Blake Sennett is gonna grab you by the bootstraps and giddyup off into the sunset with your country heart, assuming you've got one. Finally answering the question, "What would Elliot Smith have sounded like if he dug up his old lap-steel and watched too many old Clint Eastwood flics?" (not that anyone ever actually asked) the Rilo Kiley guitar-man lays down part breathy emo cry-baby and part baroque alt-country ballad and ends up with something either simply endearing, ... Read More
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