http://www.itsatrap.com/ Scandinavian music news, daily mp3 downloads, reviews, interviews and more Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:44:55 -0700 2026 http://www.itsatrap.com/images/logo.png http://www.itsatrap.com/ 137 141 http://www.itsatrap.com/n/26292-the-lancaster-orchestra-with-help-from-absent-friends-nonofon http://www.itsatrap.com/n/26292-the-lancaster-orchestra-with-help-from-absent-friends-nonofon http://www.itsatrap.com/n/26292-the-lancaster-orchestra-with-help-from-absent-friends-nonofon#comments Will Oldham, Robbie Fulks, and Silver Jews, artists who are subversive one way or another (usually lyrically). What I'm trying to say is that I need some edge, please! You can still be rock'n'roll even though you're playing slow and beautiful music (look at Gram Parsons). When bands follow the standard template (The Lancaster Orchestra's album has "smokey" photos, and song titles like "Bad horse" and "Easy lover" – yawn!). Sure, The Lancaster Orchestra got some pretty fine songs (e.g. "Closingtime will you walk me home"), and they do a cool cover version of The Smiths' "Please please please let me get what I want", but if you're not in a sitting-by-the-fireside-drinking-whiskey mood it can be so booooring that it takes a "fucking" in the lyrics to ("Newfound friends") to wake me up.]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 reviews