Volume 3

by She & Him

Overview

Always looking backward to the sunny sounds of the '60s, She & Him often feel like a band out of time, a pair of pop dreamers born too late to be a part of the musical scene they've painstakingly crafted a pastiche of with their third album, Volume 3. Like the previous two volumes, the album finds collaborators Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward diving headfirst into the sunny, lovestruck sounds of Brill Building pop with a splash of country twang for good measure. While this means the album doesn't do a lot to distinguish itself from the pair's early efforts, it certainly doesn't diminish its effortlessly enjoyable sound. In a way, this kind of anonymity seems like a part of the bands M.O. Sure, both of the players here are famous in their own right, but rather than slap their names on the album, they gave the project a perfectly pleasant, albeit generic name. And rather than giving the albums a cute title, they're given the archival title of "Volume." All this speaks to a desire to simply let the music exist on its own, classically pop, terms, allowing listeners to get swept up in a song like "I Could've Been Your Girl" not because it has that lady from the movies in it, but because it's the kind of breezy, melancholy pop that's really easy to fall in love with. Three albums (plus a Christmas record) in, you're either on board with what She & Him are doing or you aren't, and if you're stone-hearted enough to not be into the band by now, Volume 3 isn't likely to sway you. However, for those of you already caught in the band's spider web of eternal summer, this album delivers the goods. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	05/07/2013
Label:	Merge
UPC:	0673855047416
Rank:	34648

Tracks

1. I've Got Your Number, Son
2. Never Wanted Your Love
3. Baby
4. I Could've Been Your Girl
5. Turn to White
6. Somebody Sweet to Talk To
7. Something's Haunting You
8. Together
9. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
10. Snow Queen
11. Sunday Girl
12. London
13. Shadow of Love
14. Reprise (I Could've Been Your Girl)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

She & Him   Primary Artist
Tilly and the Wall   Vocals
Zooey Deschanel   Piano,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion,Tambourine,Vibraphone
Joey Spampinato   Bass
M. Ward   Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Percussion,Vocals (Background)
Pierre de Reeder   Bass
Scott McPherson   Drums
Amanda Lawrence   Viola
Art Baron   Trombone
Tom Hagerman   Violin
Mike Watt   Bass
Doug Wieselman   Saxophone
CJ Camerieri   Trumpet
Tyler Tornfelt   Bass,Drums

Technical Credits

Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Chris Stein   Composer
Ellie Greenwich   Composer
Zooey Deschanel   Harmony,Composer
M. Ward   Producer,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Pierre de Reeder   Engineer
Harry Noble   Composer
Chris Blood   Engineer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Mike Mogis   Mixing
Tom Schick   Mixing,Engineer
Larry Crane   Engineer
Autumn de Wilde   Photography
Steve Strange   Booking
George Morton   Composer
Eric Dimenstein   Booking