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• Artist: The Capitol Years
• Album: Meet Yr Acres
• Label: Full Frame
• Year of Release: 2001
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-03-29

The Capitol Years is the one-man band project by Shai, Son of Eli. It was self-recorded and produced by Shai with help from Thom Monahan who has also worked with the Silver Jews and the Pernice Brothers. Meet Yr Acres is an experimental project for the most part. Shai can do it all too. Let’s start with the last track on the album; he does a great version of the Velvet Underground’s “All Tomorrow’s Parties�. He can play upbeat rock tracks and slow things down into a slowcore affair. The one thing his songs all have in common is that they have a huge dose of melody in them. The Capital Years is completely strange and loud at points and at others downright funky. For any fans of wacky Elephant Six styled music, you will totally enjoy the Capital Years. Also, fans of any type of experimental pop music filled with delicious melodies should look out for The Capital Years. I still can’t get over Shai’s cover of “All Tomorrow’s Parties�. One more time isn’t going to kill me.

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