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Schmotime

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Schmotime
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 27, 2006 (2006-08-27)
Recorded2006
VenueMemphis
GenreIndie rock
Length41:00
LabelMemphis Industries[1]
ProducerJames Ford[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Drowned in Sound8/10[4]
Pitchfork7.1/10[5]
Stylus MagazineB[6]

Schmotime is the debut album by indie rock band Absentee, released in 2006.[2][7]

Critical reception

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PopMatters wrote that "Schmotime presents a wry look at a world that's filled with people destroying themselves and each other."[1]

Description

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This debut full-length from Brit indie-country-rock quintet followed up their 2005 'Donkey Stock' mini-album. Spinning folky tales of love, loss and elegant debauchery over a backdrop of steel guitar, keyboards, harmonica, sweet backing vocals and the occasional stab of distortion, they were compared to Pavement and Tindersticks and secured a slot at 2005's cult Green Man Festival.[8]

Track listing

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  1. "More Troubles"
  2. "We Should Never Have Children"
  3. "Getaway"
  4. "Hey Tramp"
  5. "You Try Sober"
  6. "There's A Body In A Car Somewhere"
  7. "Weasel"
  8. "Truth Is Stranger Than Fishin'"
  9. "Duck Train"
  10. "Something To Bang"
  11. "Treacle"

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Absentee: Schmotime". PopMatters. May 30, 2006.
  2. ^ a b "Absentee | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Schmotime - Absentee | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "Album Review: Absentee - Schmotime". DrownedInSound.
  5. ^ "Absentee: Schmotime". Pitchfork.
  6. ^ "Absentee - Schmotime - Review - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
  7. ^ "Absentee - Schmotime | Album Reviews". May 7, 2006.
  8. ^ Absentee (2006), Schmotime, Memphis Industries, retrieved 2023-12-05