Jim White, Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See - 59m 56s

Tracks & Durations

1. Static On The Radio	6:33
2. Bluebird	5:31
3. Combing My Hair In A Brand New Style	6:26
4. That Girl From Brownsville Texas	6:24
5. Borrowed Wings	4:36
6. If Jesus Drove A Motor Home	4:38
7. Objects In Motion	6:00
8. Buzzards Of Love	7:02
9. Alabama Chrome	4:27
10. Phone Booth In Heaven	7:11
11. Noname	1:01

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Review

It's no accident that Jim White is on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label. His odd, oblique tales from Pensacola, Fla. and beyond wouldn't be out of place in Byrne's quirky movie of smalltown Texas, True Stories. In fact, White has his own new film, Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, to capture his chosen milieu of motel rooms, truck stops, and churches, and--as described on "If Jesus Drove a Motor Home"--waffle houses: "Jesus eating eggs with ya'll." Not that the artist needs visuals to project his skewed vision: Drill a Hole in That Substrata and Tell Me What You See is dense with dreamy, wasted scenarios, each spilling into the other. His vocals, which rarely rise above a half-whisper, are those of a loser at love cursed by self-knowledge ("You can't waste the whole damn day loving what you need to cast away") and a winner at ennui who spends his drifting hours "listening to the song behind everything I think I know" and finding only static. The album, his third, is treated to offbeat textural touches that reflect the edgy ambient approach of his co-producer, Joe Henry--electronic washes, horn charts, banjo, bebop trumpet. A colorful character whose real-life exploits include stints as a professional surfer and Milan fashion model--and struggles with drugs and religion--White is supported by an expansive cast including fellow tortured Southerner Mary Gauthier, Aimee Mann, Barenaked Ladies, and guitarist Bill Frisell. --Lloyd Sachs

Other Versions

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Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See

Tracks: 11, Disk length: 1h 2m 46s (+2m 50s)

Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See

Tracks: 13 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m 6s (+14m 10s)

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