#andi camp

I don't know much about Andi Camp, we don't need to. Grafton Records, the company she's signed with, they're more like a non-for-profit, doing music for the love of it. Being an indie work of its time, it's entirely in mono.

This album is presumably Andi's second, released after the mysterious 1999 album "Brunette" which can only be obtained by purchasing the album off the Grafton Records website, which I'll likely be doing with how much I approve this album. It was released in the year 2000.

This album, if you listen to it; you aren't listening for Andi's vocals. They can be astonishingly beautiful at times, but sometimes she doesn't quite hit those notes making the listening experience feel a little grating at times. Bottom line, you are here for the piano which is also performed by Andi. The instruments that accompany her, i.e. drums, bass, and the occasional stringed or woodwind instrument are also very nice. I'm really fond of the drums in particular.

The album has this sort of midwestern emo thing going on, but lacks a single guitar, giving it a very interesting and unique flavour. It resembles bands/artists that'd later follow this release, like school food punishment, kyojaku, mouse on the keys, GoGo Penguin, and Natsuko Niishoku. Perhaps Andi was inspired by A Study in Her. Especially Manilla #3 Piano. It also kind of reminds me of that video of that guy playing All I Need by Radiohead on piano in just how emotional this whole album is.

Having listened to the full album, each song back to back without the intent to take notes, a lot of it has blurred together to me, perhaps as a result of the same palette being used all throughout (which is not a bad thing, just to be clear). Though, I can say for certain my favourite track off it is 'still'.