Welcome, Convalescence

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Welcome, Convalescence
South San Gabriel-Welcome Convalescence.jpg
Studio album by
South San Gabriel
ReleasedApril 2003
RecordedJanuary 2002
StudioBrent Best's house, Denton, Texas
Genre Rock
Label Munich/Undertow

Welcome, Convalescence is the second album by South San Gabriel, recorded at Slobberbone singer Brent Best's Denton house in January 2002 and released in April 2003 by Munich Records. [1]

South San Gabriel is an alternative country band based in Denton, Texas.

Slobberbone American musical group from Denton, Texas

Slobberbone is an American alt-country band from Denton, Texas, led by singer-songwriter Brent Best, Jess Barr, Tony Harper, and Brian Lane. Best continues to tour as a solo act, performing both songs by Slobberbone and The Drams, and songs from his solo record, but also reunites with both bands for shows with full band line-ups.

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Contents

The album features all of the members of singer Will Johnson's main band, Centro-Matic, as well as Best on guitars and Joe Butcher of Pleasant Grove on pedal steel guitar. [2]

Will Johnson is an American musician, singer-songwriter and painter who is the lead singer of the bands Centro-matic and South San Gabriel. Called "one of the most prolific artists in American indie rock", Johnson has also released solo records, and is a member of the bands Monsters of Folk, New Multitudes and Overseas, and has also performed as part of the Undertow Orchestra.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic reviewer John Schacht gave it a 4-star review, calling it "one of those brilliantly despondent records so gorgeously executed it lifts your spirit just to be able to feel its sadness", and "a melancholic masterpiece". [2] No Depression commented on its "beautifully languid melodies that exert a subtle, hypnotic pull", stating "Quiet desperation rarely sounds this enchanting." [1] The Austin Chronicle's Michael Chamy gave it three and a half stars, stating "all eight tracks are winners" and describing it as "the summer album you want to hear while nestled up to the air-conditioner after coming in from the 100-degree heat. The definition of cool." [3]

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The Manchester Evening News gave it a more mixed review, stating "like the eponymous river, too much of this album just flows by murkily". [4] The Chicago Tribune was similarly ambivalent, stating "Will Johnson's songs are undeniably pretty, but the slow pace and his affected, sleepy drawl can be distracting." [5]

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Track listing

  1. "New Brookland"
  2. "Saint Augustine"
  3. "Smelling Medicinal"
  4. "Everglades"
  5. "Like a Madman"
  6. "Evangline"
  7. "Ariza/284"
  8. "The Splinter Angelic"

Personnel

Matt Pence American record producer and drummer

Matthew Louis Pence is an American recording engineer, producer, drummer. He owns and manages The Echo Lab studio in Denton, Texas.

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References

  1. 1 2 "South San Gabriel - Welcome, Convalescence", No Depression , April 30, 2003. Retrieved September 23, 2017
  2. 1 2 3 Schacht, John "Welcome, Convalescence Review", Allmusic. Retrieved September 23, 2017
  3. ↑ Chamy, Michael (2003) "South San Gabriel: Texas Platters", Austin Chronicle , May 9, 2003. Retrieved September 23, 2017
  4. ↑ "South San Gabriel - Welcome Convalescence (Munich)", Manchester Evening News , August 11, 2004. Retrieved September 23, 2017
  5. ↑ Klein, Joshua (2003) "South San Gabriel Welcome, Convalescence", Chicago Tribune , July 3, 2003. Retrieved September 23, 2017
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