Poor Aim: Love Songs

by The Blow

Overview

Like other entries in the States Rights Records/Slender Means Society's Pregnancy Series, the Blow's Poor Aim: Love Songs is a CD EP that's kind of a sampler of the act's sound, or an airing out of material that doesn't have a natural home on their longer releases. Here Blow consist of Khaela Maricich and Jona Bechtolt, laying down a sound that's more funk-oriented than Blow's early recordings, though it still has a minimal electro-pop feel. The seven-song, 17-minute disc sounds a little like the Raincoats had they gone in a more R&B-oriented direction, though not as fully produced as the Raincoats. While the songs are more forceful and thought-out than Maricich's early work, they're still basic, impulsive-sounding statements, and ones that might actually have a chance at popularity among more adventurous dance-pop-oriented listeners if the disc got the exposure. [The 2007 edition includes bonus remixes.] ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	04/24/2007
Label:	K Records
UPC:	0789856116720
Rank:	241393

Tracks

1. Hey Boy
2. The Sky Opened Wide Like the Tide
3. Knowing the Things That I Know
4. Let's Play Boys Chase Girls
5. The Love That I Crave
6. Hock It
7. Come on Petunia
8. Begin Remix
9. Hock It
10. The Love That I Crave
11. The Sky Opened Wide Like the Tide
12. Hey Hey Hey Boy
13. Hey Boy
14. We Are Over Here

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Blow   Primary Artist
Claire Evans   Primary Artist
Jason Anderson   Guitar
Rachel Jenson   Vocals
Zac Pennington   Bells

Technical Credits

Strategy   Audio Production
Eve Johnson   Audio Production
Maricich   Audio Production
Bechtolt   Audio Production
Khaela Maricich   Design,Artwork,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Steve Schroeder   Concept
Jona Bechtolt   Producer,Engineer,Composer,Artwork,Design
Zac Pennington   Concept
Anna Oxygen   Composer