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"Camp Yo La Tengo" is effectively the second single from Yo La Tengo's
Electr-O-Pura
album, featuring an remixed edit of album track "Blue Line Swinger" with a trio of b-sides: a re-recording of first single
Tom Courtenay
, a cover of '60s garage rockers The Seeds' "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", and unreleased original "Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger".
"Blue Line Swinger" gets quite an intriguing rework, turning itself from the 9 minute plus workout into a three and a half minute single anchored by an over-the-top brilliant solo by guitarist Ira Kaplan. While I'm normally not in love with edits, this one is fantastic, although the oddball synth coda I could have done without. And speaking of reworks, what a change on "Tom Courtenay"-- the original lived off of layered distorted guitars and a great vocal from Kaplan, this retake is driven by acoustic guitars and a vocal by drummer Georgia Hubley. While I prefer the album cut on this one, it's a nice retake and helps really illustrate the band's strengths in versatility.
"Can't Seem to Make You Mine" is pretty expendable-- a pretty straight rock sound (something I never really saw Yo La Tengo excelling at), it's listenable but not terribly exciting, though Kaplan gets a nice solo in the coda of the piece. "Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger" is one of the more bizarre pieces in the band's catalog-- built off a clean tone guitar riff and a gentle percussion line, it uses sampled vocals in almost unintelligible fashion, setting quite a mood, but I see the piece as more an ambient cut than a pop performance. It's a decent piece, but not anything to get excited about.
"Camp Yo La Tengo" is a decent EP and worth tracking down for fans. Anyone more casual can probably skip this one.
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Michael Stack
Good retakes of album cuts and some mediocre b-sides.
2008年10月7日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
