Easily Misunderstood

by The Samuel Jackson Five

Easily Misunderstood cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 November 2005
  • Label: Trust Me
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 49:17
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Emerging from the Norwegian underground, this instrumental group's sophomore effort balances dense, math-rock-inspired interplay with expansive post-rock crescendos. The recording is notable for incorporating jazz and chamber music elements, utilizing vibraphones and string arrangements to add texture to their complex guitar polyrhythms.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, progressive, instrumental, crescendo, intricate

Tracklist

  1. Skinflick Dress Rehearsal (5:46)
  2. If You Show Off The Milk, Who's Gonna Buy The Cow? (3:58)
  3. Easily Misunderstood (3:20)
  4. Charlie Foxtrot Queen (2:24)
  5. Person Most Likely To Enjoy The Taste Of Human Flesh (5:57)
  6. Unimog (7:21)
  7. No Name (4:05)
  8. Song For Sarah (5:08)
  9. Psycho Derelict (1:49)
  10. Michael Collins Autograph (7:09)
  11. Switch Ambulance Trip (2:20)

Credits

  • The Samuel Jackson Five - primary artist
  • Dag Stiberg - alto saxophone, written-by
  • Magnus Moriartyâ„¢ - arranged by [strings], violin, viola
  • Ingebrigt HÃ¥ker Flaten - bass [upright bass], written-by
  • Jørgen Sissyfus Skjulstad - clarinet
  • Thomas Kaldhol - cover, guitar, lap steel guitar [lapsteel], effects, written-by
  • Stian Tangerud - drums, percussion, written-by
  • Kjetil Gundersen - guitar, percussion, written-by

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