| Pink in the Sink | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 408852
Category: Music
Artist: Novi Split
Publisher: Hush Records
Studio: Hush Records
Manufacturer: Hush Records
Label: Hush Records
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 66
UPC: 837101289375
EAN: 0837101289375
ASIN: B000MTPA9U
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | You Got Served | | • | Voices Carrie | | • | California Skies | | • | Crazy in Love | | • | Doctor | | • | Leaving It | | • | Julie | | • | Open | | • | Settled Down | | • | Lights Out | | • | Young Girls |
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Album Description
"Distinctly potent pop nuggets. The songwriting is calm but deceptively intricate--the lyrics, meanwhile, are heartfelt and emotional. At times the band sounds like Guided By Voices, while at others they tend towards Sparklehorse tendencies." -- INDIEVILLE "Elliott Smith is gone, but Novi Split has skillfully taken his place as the new `great acoustic hope,' returning honesty, passion, and skillful songwriting to the acoustic guitar." -- INDEPENDENT CLAUSES "Novi Split prominently features two members of Kind of like Spitting, and while it's clearly not exactly the same music, the general sound should be familiar to fans of the other band. It's a similarly stripped-down style of nakedly emotional music--the kind of stuff that all the pop-punkers with shaggy hair have given such a bad name." -- IN YOUR EAR David Jerkovich has done something rare. Over the last three years, while variously working as a longshoreman and a touring band member, he has created a radiant jewel of an album in near obscurity. Well, okay, he is an outright sensation in Adelaide, Australia, and he recorded the imminently likable debut Keep Moving on Sunset Alliance, but damn! This is the kind of album that can cure today's hyper-short attention span the nation over. The songs just don't get old. Why? It's that je ne sais quois that beguiles every hopeful songwriter. Is Jerkovich the next Dylan or Bright Eyes or Springsteen? No. Does he have a magnetic, classic songwriting style? You bet. Does he have more raw musical talent in his pinky than most So-Cal hipsters have in their fashionably clad bodies? Probably. But Novi Split is not about differences. It is an olive branch. And for all its meticulous production, the songs still feel simple, reliable, and refreshing. Themes of infatuation, love, addiction, betrayal, co-dependence, and isolation are treated with tenderness and the clarity of hindsight. Jerkovich has performed as one half of Kind of Like Spitting, and is now a secret weapon in L.A.'s Ill Lit. He has learned a lot from traversing the country's stages, and while his amiable demeanor is a foil for other songwriters, he holds his own songs close to the chest until they are 100% done.
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| Customer Reviews:
The man who can wow a world November 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The novi split comprises of David J and David J alone. In his debut album, Keep Moving, David sang about romantic adventures with friends and lovers. It's style was very lo-fi and was, in fact, mostly produced on a bathroom floor. In his sophomore album, (minus a few tour splits), Pink in the Sink, David explores a wide variety of emotion than in his previous record. Most notably, the song entitled "Open" had to be, in my humble opinion, one of the most heartfelt songs I've ever heard in music. Now, I do have to agree with the reviewer up there that when it comes down to it, you reallly have to grow on it, especially if you are used to Keep Moving's lo-fi lullabies. Some more songs worth mentioning on the album are "Doctor", "Settled Down", and "Young Girls."
I might be slightly biased but I wouldn't have gotten to be biased if his music didn't take me in the first place. If that doesn't get you to listen and appreciate him more, he's also one of the most wonderfully nice men in the world!
Fabulous June 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album is easily one of my favorites. I didn't know what to expect upon first listen but the second time around really grabbed me. The lyrics flow so well with the melodies. The crazy in love cover gives a new meaning to the word "cover", it's so intense. I'd recommend letting it grow on you. This album is really well done, I've got nothing but good things to say about it so i'll stop here.
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