Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn

by Kaddisfly

Overview

Kaddisfly issued two self-released EPs and one LP before they signed with Hopeless Records and turned out this nicely crafted and beautifully produced album. Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn doesn't do itself any favors by sporting one of the more pretentious album titles of the year, and song titles like "Eres Tremulent" and "For the Ejection of Rest; They'll Dance" don't do much to ease the misgivings that any sensible person will have when looking over the package. But the music is a pleasant surprise -- emotional without being too bombastic, guitar-heavy and aggressive without ever quite tipping over into punkiness, Kaddisfly's sound will probably be categorized by the lazy as emo, but there's quite a bit more to it than that. "For the Ejection of Rest" flirts with dub, while "Osmosis in C" is unapologetically jazzy; other tracks contain strong hints of a math rock inclination amongst the guitarists. The album's final number, a ten-and-a-half-minute long epic titled "Horses Galloping on Sailboats," feels like self-indulgent filler, but everything else succeeds at being simultaneously fun, smart and interesting. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	03/08/2005
Label:	Hopeless Records
UPC:	0790692067626
Rank:	259511

Tracks

1. La Primera Natural Disaster
2. A Message to the Flat Earth Society
3. The Calm of Calamity
4. Crimson Solitude
5. Eres Tremulent
6. New Moon Over Swift Water
7. Let Weight Be Measured by Merit
8. Akira
9. For the Ejection of Rest; They'll Dance
10. Osmosis in C
11. What Comes of Honesty
12. Five Tears From a Carpenter's Eye for Detail
13. Buy Our Intention; We'll Buy You a Unicorn
14. Set Sail the Prtairie
15. Horses Galloping on Sail Boats

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kaddisfly   Primary Artist,Dumbek,Voices,Zither,Cowbell,Kalimba,Melodica,Triangle,Egg Shaker,Tambourine,Glockenspiel,Fender Rhodes,Singing Bowls,Sound Effects,Djembe,Chimes,Glass,Bells,Gong,Guitar (Classical),Korg Synthesizer,Organ (Hammond),E-Bow
Kelsey Kuther   Percussion,Guitar,Slide Guitar
Beau Kuther   Percussion,Drums
Kile Micheal Brewer   Guitar (Bass)
Christopher Ruff   Vocals,Piano
Aaron William Tollefson   Mandolin,Guitar

Technical Credits

Enoch Jensen   Audio Engineer,Audio Production
Kaddisfly   Composer,Programming,Wind Chimes,Hands
Ryan Case   Artwork
Aaron Tollefson   Composer
Christopher Ruff   Layout Design,Composer