Wingfoot

by Parker Paul

Overview

Not shy about indulging in the occasional atonal moan ("Secret Monorail") or dabbling in faux country ("When I Got You at the Pound," a ballad to his dog wherein he rhymes kennel cough with parvo shots), Paul shifts styles -- cabaret, Tropicalia, piano balladry, free pop, and soft cowboy rock -- with characteristically unapologetic awkwardness. The songs are puckish, distraught, jazz-inflected studies of childlike reactions to the human condition. In the brilliantly titled "Innocent Wrists," he sings, "I had to turn away from love to feel safe" with a perverse abandon, as if he might as well revel in the tragedy of the course his life has taken. Throwing off clusters of run-on, stream-of-consciousness lyrics ("Rooster sauce and near beer/Liquid smoke and Job's tears" from "Agent of Intimacy"), Paul makes light of stark circumstances, relating a comically skewed vision. ~ Travis Drageset

Product Details

Release Date:	10/16/2001
Label:	Jagjaguwar
UPC:	0656605202822
Rank:	213086

Tracks

1. 1,2,3
2. Secret Monorail
3. When I Got You at the Pound
4. Corday
5. Pain Pain Pain Pain Pain
6. Break Your Name
7. Jesus Gave Him Rest
8. Innocent Wrists
9. Agent of Intimacy
10. Dinner Rush

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Parker Paul   Primary Artist,Vocals,Keyboards
Adam Busch   Vocals,Percussion
Jeb Bishop   Trombone
Scout Niblett   Vocals
Dan Sullivan   Guitar
Wil Hendricks   Bass
Keith Hanlon   Drums,Percussion
Fred Lonberg-Holm   Cello

Technical Credits

Schwartz Bros   Producer
Amy Ray   Composer
Michael Krassner   Mixing,Engineer
Parker Paul   Composer
Fred Lonberg-Holm   Arranger