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I Become Small and Go

I Become Small and Go is the debut album by the American band Creeper Lagoon, released in 1998.[1][2] The band promoted it by touring with Versus and Rocket from the Crypt.[3][4] The first single was "Wonderful Love".[5] "Empty Ships" appeared on the soundtrack to the film Dead Man on Campus.[6]

I Become Small and Go
Studio album by
Creeper Lagoon
Released1998
GenreAlternative pop
LabelNickelBag
Creeper Lagoon chronology
Creeper Lagoon
(1997) 		I Become Small and Go
(1998) 		Wonderful Love
(1998)

Production edit

Founding members Sharky Laguana and Ian Sefchick, who had played in a high school band in Ohio, recruited a drummer and bass player through a want ad prior to the recording sessions.[7] John King, of the Dust Brothers and Creeper Lagoon's label, NickelBag, remixed "Empty Ships", "Dear Deadly", and "Wonderful Love".[8] In addition to employing sampling, the band used a long list of toy and found instruments.[9]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Albuquerque Journal    [10]
AllMusic     [11]
Robert Christgau [12]
The Independent     [13]
Spin8/10[14]

Trouser Press dismissed the album as "by-the-numbers contemporary alterna-pop for listeners who’ve never heard any."[15] The Washington Post wrote that "singer-guitarist Ian Sefchick and guitarist-keyboardist Sharky Laguana compose melancholy ballads that suggest such elegantly downbeat rock composers as Mark Eitzel ('Wonderful Love') and John Cale ('Second Chance')."[16] Spin determined that, "aesthetically, they're between indie-jangle and art-pop, floating in space between the Matadorian arch-intelligentsia and the miniaturists of the Elephant 6 collective."[14] The New York Times stated that the band "turns the kind of noise that sounds like it came from inside someone's brain into achingly pretty, unraveling ballads."[17]

Music Week said that "Creeper Lagoon track a thoughtful, textured path through My Bloody Valentine and Spacemen 3 territory."[18] The Boston Globe labeled the album "a pleasant blur of folk-pop melody, noisy guitar workouts, sampled strings, and Bulgarian chants."[19] The Oakland Tribune concluded that, "live, this band motors along nicely on charisma and an edgy attitude, but this record tries too hard to finesse weak material."[20] The Rocket deemed it "basic, ready-for-airplay smooth pop-rock."[9]

AllMusic opined that, "without King's distinctive touch, tracks like 'Tracy' and 'Second Chance' seem stunted and colorless."[11]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Wonderful Love" 
2."Tracy" 
3."Empty Ships" 
4."Dreaming Again" 
5."Prison Mix" 
6."Sylvia" 
7."Dear Deadly" 
8."Black Hole" 
9."Drink and Drive" 
10."Second Chance" 
11."He Made Us All Blind" 

References edit

  1. ^ Sullivan, James (17 May 1998). "Big Things Come in 'Small' Package". Sunday Datebook. San Francisco Chronicle. p. 55.
  2. ^ DeLuca, Dan (26 June 1998). "And There's...". Features Weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 17.
  3. ^ Devenish, Colin (May 18, 1998). "Creeper Lagoon Sneak Up with 'I Become Small and Go'". MTV. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  4. ^ Rayner, Ben (28 July 1998). "The would-be San Diego rock gods...". Entertainment. Toronto Star. p. 1.
  5. ^ McCammon, Shane (Sep 10, 1998). "Creeper Lagoon I Become Small and Go". The Daily Utah Chronicle. p. 9.
  6. ^ Barrera, Sandra (16 May 2001). "Making a Splash on Radar". Orlando Sentinel. p. E5.
  7. ^ Vanderloo, Lydia (July 1998). "On the Verge: Creeper Lagoon". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 59. p. 14.
  8. ^ Reece, Doug (May 23, 1998). "Creeping Up on You". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 21. p. 22.
  9. ^ a b Mast, Eric (Jun 10, 1998). "Creeper Lagoon I Become Small and Go". The Rocket. p. 35.
  10. ^ Rodriguez, Kenn (Jun 12, 1998). "I Become Small and Go Creeper Lagoon". Albuquerque Journal. p. E19.
  11. ^ a b "I Become Small and Go Review by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Creeper Lagoon". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  13. ^ Perry, Tim (Oct 31, 1998). "Album Reviews". Going Out. The Independent. p. 43.
  14. ^ a b Dark, Jane (July 1998). "Reviews". Spin. Vol. 14, no. 7. p. 122.
  15. ^ Pattyn, Jay. "Creeper Lagoon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  16. ^ Jenkins, Mark (24 July 1998). "Creeper Lagoon 'I Become Small and Go'". The Washington Post. p. N14.
  17. ^ Powers, Ann (5 June 1998). "Pop and Jazz Guide". The New York Times. p. E26.
  18. ^ "Creeper Lagoon: I Become Small and Go". Music Week: 12. Oct 24, 1998.
  19. ^ Sullivan, Jim (11 Feb 1999). "Weird and proud of it". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 9.
  20. ^ Tassano, Aaron (Jun 2, 1998). "Album Reviews". Cue. The Oakland Tribune. p. 4.
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