Weigh Down - Welcome To The Family Zoo

Weigh Down
Welcome To The Family Zoo

Total Time: 36:26
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1. Where The Lifeless Go
2. Take It Slow
3. Michu Bean (howdoyoudoit)
4. The Hawaiian Martyr
5. A New Plan For Old Siam
6. Wooden Monsters
7. Who And The Fox
8. Death And The Dry Hand
9. The Blizzard Whore
10. Bend Anyway You Can
11. J.Calamity (whydidyoudoit)

STYLE: Alternative

HOME TOWN: New Haven, CT

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Review By: Ned Raggett
from: The All Music Guide

The band's second and, it seems, last album, Welcome to the Family Zoo showcases an
approach to rock & roll not much in fashion early in the 21st century, eschewing post-punk
nervousness and mall emo anthems for lower-key pleasures. If anything the songs on
Welcome to the Family Zoo sort into two different general styles, either a full-on jaunty,
almost carnivalesque romp on the one hand or a calmer approach that seems to find a
midpoint between the Band's famous roots fusions and the winsome air of the less wacky
side of the Elephant 6 label. There's nothing earth-shattering about Weigh Down's work,
instead aiming for tunes and performances that you can imagine them wanting to play in
clubs for friends, family and those out for a good listen in their style. Keyboards take the
lead on a number of songs such as "Take It Slow," which lives up to its name in its embrace
of "classic" songwriting as such, while chunkier arrangements as on "Death and the Dry Hand" keep things varied. If this is the band's swan song, it's no bad way to bow out.

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