PG Six - Slightly Sorry

considered songs, often skin-crawlingly gorgeous

Album Review by Ali Maloney | 12 Mar 2007
Album title: Slightly Sorry
Artist: PG Six
Label: Drag City
If folk music is music of the folk, then terms like post-folk, freak-folk and neo-folk are a wee bit meaningless - this is music that will always reflect the times and resources in which it was made. PG Six's third album, Slightly Sorry, conjures the spirit of Jefferson Airplane (in the best possible way, not like some quasi-lycanthropic group's feeble Zeppelin impersonations), and creates a psychedelic whirl that touches upon sadness and optimism, hard driving rock and wistful singalongs. Here, Joanna Newsom touring partner, Pat Gubler, skillfully plays a dazzling array of instruments, including hurdy-gurdy and celeste, and his considered songs are often skin-crawlingly gorgeous. Although a veteran of noise rock and experimental sonics, Gubler's PG Six outings do draw upon those sensibilities but are still heart movingly accessible. [Ali Maloney]
Release Date: 12 Feb. http://www.dragcity.com