The Rutabega - These Knotty Lines (Johann's Face/Patsy Presents)
Reviewed by Mark Oster
As I write this, it's less than 24 hours from launch time. I just got a couple albums from Johann's Face on Friday afternoon and I had to go over to Badresa's house so I could get a review of These Knotty Lines in before we went live. This is the sophomore effort of a band that started out as the solo project of South Bend singer/songwriter Josh Hensley, but has expanded to include another two full time musicians as well as a slew of guest musicians. At it's heart beats some of the finer lo fi indie acts of the last twenty years, the Shins, Lou Barlow, Pavement, etc.. Masterfully textured, the melody's borrow from the aforementioned influences and many more to create something that's unique and beautiful all it's own. Verbally (Such as on the lead track "44": The wind tore the roof off of every man's wife/thank god 'bout time it was leaking anyway/crickets crawl into that space/where I can be famous and you can famous/we'll all be famous sitcom stars), I'm not really all that sure what they mean, but they stroll poetically through melody. Anyone who likes to scout singer/songwriters will really dig Rutabega.
Originally posted in Issue 1.1, August 2004
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