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Record LabelPhantom Import Distribution

UPC5050159823123

eBay Product ID (ePID)13050197971

Product Key Features

Release Year2005

FormatCD

GenreOldies

ArtistOneida

Release TitleWedding

Additional Product Features

DistributionPhantom Import Distributi

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Number of Discs1

ReviewsUncut (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] freewheeling blend of raga rock, clockwork folk, Black Sabbath impersonation and '80s arcade game soundtracks....THE WEDDING bridges high- and low-brow without ever being anything less than exhilarating." Magnet (pp.105-106) - "Oneida's most cohesive and beautiful record to date. It's a menacing, baroque/psych masterpiece that will reward the faithful..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]n album as dense as grey matter thanks to queasy string arrangements, fever-spiked keyboards and guitarist Hanoi Jane's migraine-intense riffing."

Additional informationThere is an urban legend about this album: some claim that THE WEDDING was inspired by the melodies of an enormous music box built by the members of the band. True or not, a music box might seem a strange avatar for a group of guitar-heavy art rockers like Oneida. But the image serves as a useful metaphor for this methodical, experimental, and altogether lovely album. That's not to say that THE WEDDING doesn't rock. "Did I Die" bangs along over fuzzy riffs, with lead guitars snarling all the way, and on "Spirits" the raga-inflected melody floats over insistent guitar figures and driving drums. Even on quieter numbers like the opening track, "The Eiger," where Oneida incorporates a string arrangement, or the mid-tempo ballad "You're Drifting," guitar and drums remain central. What is ultimately experimental about this album isn't so much the extreme shifts in dynamics and tempo, though there are plenty of those. It is Oneida's ability to do indie rock differently. Oneida's interest in repeated melodic figures and shifting time signatures, which are pushed further in some of their previous work, are here employed to create songs that are both emotionally affecting and musically compelling. Oneida are true originals.

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo