The second album, released October 2001. The Gerbils are also known for their amazing orchestration on Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane over the Sea (Merge), not to mention contributions to Bablicon (Misra) and Olivia Tremor Control (Flydaddy).
Customer Review: yeah, what he said
it may grow on me, and it already has to some degree, but i can already tell it won't have the staying power of their silly-but-brilliant debut, are you sleepy? the structure--a very close cousin to apples in stereo's _her wallpaper reverie_--works against it, i think, to some degree, and the accessible "hits" seem too few and far between. as always, though, there's some nice keith moon-ish drumming, courtesy of jeremy barnes--sometime drummer for bright eyes and neutral milk hotel and brother of kevin barnes from of montreal.
Customer Review: A Nicely Flowing Album
Don't expect it to top the grandeur of the first one. You didn't think it was possible did you? THe first is much better; however, this too is an album that massages your brain with the brilliant fingers of beautiful music. His voice is just so soulful and heart-wrenched it makes me want to cry because its what I feel inside. It goes nicely through the whole album after you listen to it a couple times. It gets better as you listen to it.
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