THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP... ON A WOODEN PIANO [LP]

The Sophtware Slump ......On A Wooden Piano - So this new oThe Sophtware Slumpo isnAEt a recontextualization of old songs as a stealth anthology for newcomers. This newly recorded oThe Sophtware Slumpo with the songsAE skeletons are the same, but the bones dance differently. Slower songs like oUndearneath the Weeping Willowo make a natural transition to this sparer presentation. Greater revelations occur with the once louder songs like oThe Crystal Lakeo and oChartsengrafs.o The effect at times is that of unfolding an origami dinosaur and refashioning it into a swan. The albumAEs sharp melodic sense isnAEt dampened at all, but the words step forward, which only enhances the aspirational lift at albumAEs end, about aiming toward the sky.