Music Capsule Review

ThirdShiftGrottoSlack (2002)

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Release Date: Aug 13, 2002; Lead Performance: Jay Farrar; Genre: Rock

By Scott Schinder

Ex-Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt main man Farrar employed acoustic textures to deepen the resonance of the stately roots-rock tunes on his 2001 solo debut, Sebastopol, and maintains that direction on this five-track spin-off. While Beck producer Tom Rothrock's remix of ''Damn Shame'' awkwardly grafts electro-boogie gimmickry onto Farrar's plaintive melancholy, the other four cuts, all previously unreleased, make a strong case for Farrar's dusky songcraft.

Posted Aug 16, 2002

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