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10 tracks | 30 minutes
Released Jan 2006
on Shawn Fogel
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:11 Maybe Tonight lyrics BUY MP3 01:11 Maybe Tonight lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:11 Maybe Tonight
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 Millions Of Miles Away lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 Millions Of Miles Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 Millions Of Miles Away
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:09 Oh Yeah (How I Miss You lyrics BUY MP3 03:09 Oh Yeah (How I Miss You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:09 Oh Yeah (How I Miss You
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:47 I'd Be Lyin' lyrics BUY MP3 02:47 I'd Be Lyin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:47 I'd Be Lyin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:49 Walk It Off (Part I) lyrics BUY MP3 00:49 Walk It Off (Part I) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:49 Walk It Off (Part I)
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:15 Everyone's Got Me Down lyrics BUY MP3 04:15 Everyone's Got Me Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:15 Everyone's Got Me Down
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:51 Maybe Tonight Reprise lyrics BUY MP3 02:51 Maybe Tonight Reprise lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:51 Maybe Tonight Reprise
Shawn Fogel combines alt-country, indie-pop and garage-rock with his energetic, clever and quirky songs.
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review written by Jason Holloway
appeared in Dissolver Magazine Issue #14
(http://www.dissolvermagazine.com)
Shawn Fogel's third solo CD, Millions of Miles Away, really IS what you'd call a solo CD: he sings every line and plays every single instrument on the album—horns, drums, and banjo included. I suppose the best compliment to his abilities as a multi-instrumentalist is that I had no idea it was just him!
Indeed, Millions of Miles Away is a fun collection of well-played songs that exhibits plenty of variety throughout, the way an album should. The quick, mod intro "Maybe Tonight" and ensuing title track mix a nice sense of low-fi production into their catchy hooks— like a Britpop band playing in a garage. "Oh Yeah (How I Miss You)" belies at least some level of influence from Matthew Sweet, and "I'd Be Lyin'," a fun song with a Johnny Cash style strumbeat, is probably my favorite on the album.
Like a good album, though, MoMA ... doesn't fade toward the end.
↓ more ↓"Everyone's Got Me Down" has a nice, slowpolk country feel, with a welcome burst of horns in the chorus and a good bridge. I liked "Days Go By" right away as well, and Fogel's voice sounds its best here. The chorus exposes a common (if minor) flaw in his songwriting though - whether Fogel's lyrical well tends to run dry, or he simply believes in the importance of repetition, a few songs get tiringly redundant at points, at least for my taste.
"Maybe Tonight Reprise" makes for a decent ending (I particularly like how he goes up an octave midway through), but it's again a little heavy-handed with the distortion effects. Taken altogether though, Millions of Miles Away is an enjoyable record, and its highlights are indicative of even better things to come from Shawn Fogel.
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