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Fockstrot - Not Nebraska EP/The Fondue EP/The Wild Pair EP

Released: February 6, 2012/February 9, 2012/February 15, 2012

>Folk, Baroque Pop, Lo-fi, Electronic (The Wild Pair)

Score: C / B- / B

Fockstrot is the musical project of Houston musician Eric Johnson. In February, he put out a string of three EPs, so I decided I'd get them all knocked out with one review. Like most home-made acts, this is mostly quite simple, stripped down, lo-fi folk. I'm going to tackle these individually, and then bring this whole thing together.

&lt;a href="http://fockstrot.bandcamp.com/track/new-york" data-mce-href="http://fockstrot.bandcamp.com/track/new-york"&gt;New York by Fockstrot&lt;/a&gt;

First off, there's Not Nebraska. This one in particular is more of a "start to finish" listen because of the two instrumental interludes. It opens with a short toy piano ditty that moves onto the folk tune "The Great Derek Scott." Like I said before, this is very lo-fi, and unfortunately not in a flattering way. You can tell the songwriting is there, but the recording is not very good and makes it a little hard to listen to. "A Day of Chris Warner" is a pretty instrumental piano track. If you hear me praising anything, it's that this guy is quite a good pianist. It closes with "New York," which brings together the whole thing, featuring the toy piano from the first track, the vocals from the second and piano from the third. This song is kind of the saving grace of the whole thing, because it's a beautiful song. I can hear the obvious influence from classical honky-tonk piano music, and it's gorgeous. The mixing is much better, the vocals are more audible and it's much more interesting thanks to the instrumentation. Overall though, this whole EP can get boring, I'm not going to lie. C

<a href="http://fockstrot.bandcamp.com/track/aquatic-activity" data-mce-href="http://fockstrot.bandcamp.com/track/aquatic-activity">Aquatic Activity by Fockstrot</a>

The Fondue is much better from the get-go. It opens with the folk track "Au Revoir Shoshanna," the lo-fi-ness is much more bearable even though there is still an audible buzz. The songwriting is very good, and the lyrically it's pretty good. "Love Song" is not as straightforward as the song title might imply. It's a short ukelele ditty that's actually quite cute, yet the lyrics funnily go against the title as he lists things that he hates more than the person whom he's singing to. "Shirley" sounds like a darker "New York," but he tries to make it a little more interesting, adding some reverb to the vocals about halfway to the song. Overall it sounds much better and more professional, using that word rather lightly. It closes with "Aquatic Activity," another folk track that has some very cool songwriting. This is much more interesting than the first EP, thanks to the lack of the filler that kind of killed Not Nebraska. B-

&amp;lt;a href="http://fockstrot.bandcamp.com/track/sitting-in-a-lawn-chair-being-ominous-with-good-reason" data-mce-href="http://fockstrot.bandcamp.com/track/sitting-in-a-lawn-chair-being-ominous-with-good-reason"&amp;gt;Sitting in a Lawn Chair Being Ominous With Good Reason by Fockstrot&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

Last, but not least, is The Wild Pair definitely surprised me by opening with an electronic track, or at least heavily edited parts. It's got a simple repeating beat, but he puts in some really interesting arcadey timbres that I adored. That continues to the second song, which takes his honky-tonk piano style and applies it to an electronic organ. This is a much more interesting track because god damn, does he rock that keyboard. The last song starts off as a sound collage of sorts that fades out into a peaceful little uke tune. This whole thing is instrumental, but it's much more original, creative and captivating than the other two EPs to me. It's only short-coming is that it's... Well... short. There's only three tracks and it really left me craving for more. Still, it was nice to see Fockstrot reaching outside of his boundaries a little bit. B

I enjoyed sitting through all three of these, but my favorite by far was The Wild Pair. I enjoyed The Fondue and Not Nebraska too (in that order), but outside of the classic sound he brought in a little bit, it was kind of typical stuff you see a lot of people doing. I've got a couple of words of advice. First, get a better microphone. The sound quality leaves a lot to be desired. Lo-fi can be charming, but not if the fuzz is so loud it detracts from the actual music. Second, why don't you bring these two sounds together? The instrumentation in The Wild Pair was terrific, and the songwriting in The Fondue was great. I feel like if you bring these together you could make something truly great. These three EPs are pretty solid for a first release(s), and I really do look forward to see what Fockstrot delivers in the future.

Album Tracks (Highlights in Bold):

(Not Nebraska EP)

1. Overture

2. The Great Derek Scott

3. A Day of Chris Warner

4. New York

(The Fondue EP)

1. Au Revoir Shoshanna

2. Love Song

3. Shirley

4. Aquatic Activity

(The Wild Pair EP)

1. Sitting in a Lawn Chair Being Ominous With Good Reason

2. Supermarket Dogs Barking at a High Rate of Speed

3. That Lonely Briefcase Waiting in the Corner

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