Vol. XII: There'll Be Diamonds
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Listen to the song "Little Leaf"
After 13 years writing, recording, and producing, Scott Garred aka Super XX Man, has cultivated a mildly edgy modern rock sound in the new release Volume XII: There’ll Be Diamonds. Previous releases have garnered acclaim from the likes of Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered (If we're going to choose ten songs every week, let it be Super XX Man”) and Amy McCullough, music editor of Willamette Week ("If love had a sound, this would be it”). Although there’s plenty of the familiar Super XX Man-style of music on his latest album, what will no doubt surprise many long time fans are the moody, foreboding tracks that lie at the heart of the album. Songs like “Medication,” “Little Leaf,” and “Crazy People” help to comprise, as Garred says, “my most sonically ambitious album to date.” Songs are marked by washes of feedback, dark atmospherics and pointillist lyrics that chronicle the lives of the people Garred worked with at the Oregon State Hospital, the oldest psychiatric institution in his home state.
TLE-018 (2008) - 1. Medication
2. Psychotic Break
3. Crazy People
4. You Say
5. There'll Be Diamonds
6. Big Balloon
7. House _ Home
8. Little Leaf
9. What Lies Beneath
10. 5A Problem
11. It's Now
12. Downtown Chapel
13. Cautious Like A Panther -
Super XX Man Super XX Man (pronounced super double x) is the long-time home recording project of Scott Garred. Austin, TX 1995 - Super XX Man started releasing full-length cassette tapes to give to friends. Over the years, the project has moved around a lot - Portland, OR., Melbourne, Australia, Seattle, WA., and now San Francisco, CA.
