Um, Uh Oh

VINYL FORMAT. Comes with a digital download! If you've been a Say Hi fan in the past, you're going to feel that Um, Uh Oh is a large step in the evolution of the band. If you haven't, this is the record that's going to change your mind. Say Hi has broken up thirty seven times in the last decade. If the band were what most casual listeners assume it is (ie, a traditional four piece rock outfit), things would have run their course shortly before the release of the first record in 2002. But the resilient (if mopey) bedroom recordist Eric Elbogen, who performs everything you hear on the Say Hi records and recruits musicians to perform the material live, always manages to continue moving forward, despite the ample foils that keep presenting themselves. Um, Uh Oh is the result of the last ten years of Elbogen's experiences with failing relationships, both musical and otherwise. It is also his best record to date. It's weary and blue-noted; revealing, personal and pained, and there's expressiveness in his performance absent from previous releases. In fact, it's difficult to fathom that the same songwriter that once wrote the sugary frivolity of the early Say Hi material could have written such a mature collection of songs.