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• Artist: John Wolfington
• Album: John Wolfington
• Label: Smells Like Records
• Year of Release: 2001
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-04-03

After a freak meeting with Sonic Youth front-man Thurston Moore, John Wolfington ended up recording on SLR. The sound that John conjures up is best heard late at night on headphones or on a rainy day. Even with their depressing overtone the songs are still very enjoyable. Label-head Steve Shelley and label-mate Two Dollar Guitar member Tim Foljahn help out on most of the tracks. John’s vocals are very quiet and subdued but are brought out well in the mixing. They instrumentation is very varied and creative. It’s easy to do mope rock but it’s hard to do it well and not sound the same. Wolfington has succeeded here on all fronts. On “Wire� John resorts to a very cool, low-key drum track and some samples placed over it to finish off the song. Despite the moodiness it is still a fine album that indie fans of all sorts will enjoy. He is yet another one of those amazing bedroom musicians who after many years has finally been discovered.

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