Loose Fur - Loose Fur
I think Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy fits about like Bob Dylan when it comes to writing songs, but bear in mind that I think Dylan is overrated, especially when it comes to the content and not just the form of his songs; and Jim O’Rourke deserves his notoriety as one of the few producers able to swim in the mainstream while walking off the banks. This album should by all rights have been a classic, but somehow it doesn’t come together. It feels as though it was just thrown together from scraps of a sit-down. Still, it could easily be someone’s favorite work of either Tweedy or O’Rourke, if the songs hit just right, or the noodling guitar skronk seems fresh. I might even love it some day, and it deserves to be heard again.
5 months ago
