Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Eisenhower (album)
Eisenhower is the fourth studio album and eighth album overall by American indie rock band The Slip. It was released November 7, 2006 on Bar/None Records. It represented a drastic departure for the Boston band, going from their previous jazz-fused to sound to a more streamlined, indie rock sound. The album features contributions from Japanese singer Ua as well as Chris Seligman from the Canadian indie band Stars. It was produced by The Slip and Matthew Ellard (who has also produced for Elliott Smith and Billy Bragg & Wilco) and engineered by Drew Malamud (Stars, Metric). "Even Rats" was featured in the PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero. Live versions of "Children of December" and "If One Of Us Should Fall" were previously released on Live at Lupo's 6/12/04, and another live version of the latter was on alivelectric.

All Music Guide 3.5/5 stars link
Exclaim! (unfavorable) April 2007
Vanity Fair (favorable) 2007-03-29