The Impossible Shapes

Tum

The Impossible Shapes - Tum

03/07/2006 | Secretly Canadian 

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All Music Guide Review

Described by the band as the "younger sister" to 2005's Horus, the lilting, crazed, and highly intoxicating Tum, recorded in a mere two weeks, is as fresh a collection of neo-psychedelic folk-rock as anything Animal Collective or the Skygreen Leopards have let out their cages. Originally released in 2004/2005 as a limited-edition, hand-numbered, vinyl-only collectors item, Tum is a highly charged romp through windflowers and weeds, with short orchestral segues that sound ripped from the old reels of an early Incredible String Band recording session. Less experimental cuts like "Florida River Springs," "Pixie Pride," and "Our Love Lives" will appeal to fans of the Indiana band's early albums, while the pastoral freak-out numbers such as "Twisted Sol Epoch" and "Hathor" will appease those with darker tastes. Like Deerhoof with banjos, the Impossible Shapes are both quirky and tough, wringing pop songs out of the avant -garde with increasingly thrilling results. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tum Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Ra in the Rising
  • 0:47
  • Sound Clip for Ra in the Rising from Tum


  • 2
  • Florida Silver Springs
  • 3:09
  • Sound Clip for Florida Silver Springs from Tum


  • 3
  • The Working Vessel
  • 1:19
  • Sound Clip for The Working Vessel from Tum


  • 4
  • Pixie Pride
  • 2:23
  • Sound Clip for Pixie Pride from Tum


  • 5
  • Fulgent Fields
  • 1:51
  • Sound Clip for Fulgent Fields from Tum


  • 6
  • Tahuti, Splendid Scribe
  • 0:51
  • Sound Clip for Tahuti, Splendid Scribe from Tum


  • 7
  • Late Summer Sky
  • 2:22
  • Sound Clip for Late Summer Sky from Tum


  • 8
  • Rephra
  • 0:14

  • 9
  • Hornbeam
  • 1:34
  • Sound Clip for Hornbeam from Tum


  • 10
  • Pan-Ther
  • 2:09
  • Sound Clip for Pan-Ther from Tum


  • 11
  • Wild West Wakes Us Up
  • 0:48
  • Sound Clip for Wild West Wakes Us Up from Tum


  • 12
  • Hathor
  • 1:04
  • Sound Clip for Hathor from Tum


  • 13
  • Our Love Lives
  • 3:18
  • Sound Clip for Our Love Lives from Tum


  • 14
  • Twisted Sol Epoch
  • 2:50
  • Sound Clip for Twisted Sol Epoch from Tum


  • 15
  • Willow, Willow Yew
  • 1:48
  • Sound Clip for Willow, Willow Yew from Tum


  • 16
  • Little Gloves
  • 2:09
  • Sound Clip for Little Gloves from Tum


  • 17
  • Tum
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for Tum from Tum


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