Saturday, May 23, 2020

The 1980 Listening Post - Father's House - Dream So Real

Father's House - Dream So Real


#159/1324
1986 Housekeeping
Father’s House
Dreams So Real
Genre: Paisley Rock
3.25 out of 5


Highlights:
The Tower

Jonesing for REM? Miss the paisley sound of, say, Long Ryders? 
Here’s a band that shot for that style and didn’t have the tracks to make it work. I was really looking forward to this cuz it was produced by Peter Buck and you know this was right at the time that REM was flexing their muscles. Stipe had already been tapped for Golden Palominos and would appear on Stay Awake, the Hal Willner Disney record. 
Buck moves the knobs correctly but he doesn’t have a helluva lot to work with. 
When it works, it’s sweet. For the most part it meanders. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz6KTdbPbNI

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