Tri-Danielson!!! (Omega) (CD)
Third in a series of three reissues of Danielson Familie albums. Fact: the Danielson Famile is really and truly comprised of three brothers and two sisters whose actual surname is Smith, as well as three "adopted" family members. "Tri Danielson!!! (Alpha)" and "Tri Danielson!!! (Omega)" were recorded together and released separately as sister albums. An experiment in album form, they attempted to push out in three opposite directions from one source without a unification attempt. They proved that the Famile was a band who could translate the intensity of their increasingly famous live performances -- in which the band dons nurses uniforms that act, according to Daniel, as "visual reminders of the spiritual and emotional healing taking place" within audience members -- onto record. With these two records, the Famile's highly choreographed, yet still quite improvisational, songs showed a kinship with the bombastic theatricality of Queen and ABBA, the serrated and damaged edge of Captain Beefheart and early Talking Heads, the child-like perspective and uninhibited sense of adventure of Half Japanese and the Shaggs, and the deep spirituality of Washington Phillips and father Lenny Smith.
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | |
| 1 | Cutest Lil' Dragon |
| 2 | Idiot Boksen |
| 3 | Thankx to Noah |
| 4 | Fruitful Weekend |
| 5 | Failing a Test |
| 6 | Guilt Scouting |
| 7 | Sold! To the Nice Rich Man |
| 8 | The Nose Knows |
| 9 | Don't You Be the Judge |
| 10 | Deeper Than My Gov't |
| 11 | Deeper Than the Gov't |
| 12 | Deppe Rthan the Gov't |
| 13 | Simply Be Just |
| Phil Lee
- Auckland, , New Zealand |
| Musically anything that Danielson has made is sensational. This album I would say though is not as good as Danielson's latest work, Father to Son. Still an amazing work - more so when you try and comprehend the 'tri' aspect of a double album, each containing 3 different versions of singing. I stand in awe! If you like Ween, Clouded, Modest Mouse - don't hesitate buying anything Danielson! | |
| morgan engle
- atlanta, GA, USA |
| God Fearing Pixies sounding stuff that will blow your mind. Think of the BH Surfers playing Surfa Rosa | |