Are You Driving Me Crazy?

Are You Driving Me Crazy?
Studio album by Seam
Released	June 20, 1995
Recorded	January 1995
Studio	Idful, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Indie rock, slowcore, emocore
Length	43:00
Label	Touch and Go
Producer	Brad Wood and Casey Rice
Seam chronology
The Problem with Me (1993) Are You Driving Me Crazy? (1995) The Pace Is Glacial (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Are You Driving Me Crazy? is the third album by Seam. ^{[2] [3]} It was released in 1995 through Touch and Go Records. ^{[4] [5]} The band promoted the album by touring with aMiniature and Versus. ^[6]

Production

The album was primarily produced by Brad Wood. ^[7]

Critical reception

The Chicago Reader called the album "a bleak statement of emotional strain embodied by guitars that mewl with melancholy, bitterness, and unsure resolve." ^[8] The Chicago Tribune noted that "the edgy guitar textures overlap with the understated melancholy in [Sooyoung] Park's voice and lyrics, a reflection of a tumultuous year that ended with a pressure-packed recording schedule." ^[9] The Gazette stated: "Nothing new to this kind of ache-based grandeur, but Seam's languorous guitar noise serves its songs, and not the other way around." ^[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Seam

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Berlitz"	3:14
2.	"Hey Latasha"	3:34
3.	"Port of Charleston"	5:59
4.	"Rainy Season"	3:13
5.	"Two Is Enough"	5:29
6.	"Haole Redux"	2:57
7.	"Tuff Luck"	5:20
8.	"Broken Bones"	3:48
9.	"Sometimes I Forget"	6:05
10.	"Petty Thievery"	3:26

Personnel

Seam

• Chris Manfrin – drums
• Sooyoung Park  – vocals, guitar
• Reg Schrader – guitar
• William Shin – bass guitar

Production and additional personnel

• Bundy K. Brown  – EBow on "Port of Charleston" and "Haole Redux"
• Jeff Divine – photography
• Julie Liu – trumpet, violin and backing vocals on "Rainy Season" and "Tuff Luck"
• Casey Rice – recording on "Tuff Luck" and "Sometimes I Forget"
• Brad Wood  – recording

References

1. Raggett, Ned. "Are You Driving Me Crazy?". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
2. "Seam Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. Buckley, Peter (April 27, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.
4. Sheppard, Denise (2007). "Seam". Trouser Press . Retrieved March 23, 2013.
5. Fort, Marc (4 May 1995). "The SEAM-y side of life". Austin American-Statesman. p. 10.
6. McCarthy, Megan (Jul 1995). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly (23): 13.
7. Verna, Paul (Jul 22, 1995). "Album reviews — Are You Driving Me Crazy? by Seam". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 29. p. 56.
8. Margasak, Peter (May 25, 1995). "Seam/Aminiature". Chicago Reader.
9. Kot, Greg (7 Apr 1995). "AMONG THE LIVING". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. S.
10. Lepage, Mark (29 Apr 1995). "SEAM Are You Driving Me Crazy?". The Gazette. p. F3.

External links

• Are You Driving Me Crazy? at Discogs (list of releases)