"Does James Toth ever sleep? Having already released Gipsy Freedom this year with his Vanishing Voice band, and re-released his solo album Harem of the Sundrum, Mr. Wooden Wand is set to release yet another album, Second Attention, with his Sky High Band—featuring members of Skygreen Leopards, Vanishing Voice, and Davenport.
Still with me? The album, currently scheduled for a September 12 release on Kill Rock Stars, was supposedly recorded during a two-week period in San Francisco “holed up in a modified two story house with nothing but three reels of tape, a bunch of instruments and copious amounts of drugs and booze.” Amidst all this heathenry, the group churned out an album that reportedly has more of a traditional folk sound than Toth’s other projects. Go figure"
"...no matter. There is beauty in the periphery but more in the small details. Second Attention is where East truly meets West. Where the shimmer suddenly gets grimmer. Sunshine meets grease. It will likely be remembered as the album that remains after any and all 'movements' inevitably move on."
Second Attention tiene buenas canciones, excelentes melodías, una producción sencilla y sobre todo una química muy especial entre Wooden Wand Hassara, Clay Ruby de Davenport y Glenn Donaldson y Donovan Quinn de los leopardos del cielo verde. Neil Young, Townes van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Harem of the Sundrum, un hombre enamorado, un retrato bajo las nubes, el cielo de Nashville, el cañón del Colorado, y diez canciones maravillosas que, como The Witness of Fig, suenan a versiones de clásicos de toda la vida. Madonna (I Walk a line una vez más), Mother Midnight (uuu uuu uuu), Dead Sue (conmovedora, irresistible), Los Angeles Manna (nashville skyline). y The Bleeder. infinito como el horizonte amarillo de la portada el talento de James Toth, por segunda vez reencarnado y transformado en Zimmer Man, despojado de cualquier ruido extraño. brilla el sol con fuerza y en el aire sigue flotando la respuesta a la pregunta del millón. '¿duerme alguna vez James Toth?'