SuperMelodrama
Studio album by
DeVotchKa
Released2000
GenreIndie folk, gypsy punk
Length37 minutes
LabelDago Records
DeVotchKa chronology
SuperMelodrama
(2000)		 Triple X Tango
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

SuperMelodrama is the first album by the band DeVotchKa.[2][3] It was released by Dago Records in 2000. It was recorded partly at Absinthe Studios, in Westminster, Colorado.[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that the band mixes "regular references to European folk, hints of sunny pop melodies, and angular post-punk ruminations via a mesh of clarinet, accordion, sousaphone, trumpet, percussion, and violin falling over the staggering peaks of the traditional rock & roll bed of guitar, bass, and drums."[1] Global Rhythm praised the "raucous surf-gypsy leanings."[5]

Members

DeVotchka had a different line up of members for the first album. Only Urata and Hagerman continued.

  • Nick Urata – Vocals, guitars, trumpet
  • Tom Echols – Cello, guitars, Vocals
  • Tom Hagerman – Violin
  • David Rastatter – Drums, percussion
  • Sweet Johnny V – Bass, accordion
  • Young Sam Young – Drums
  • Steve Pang – Double Bass
  • Michael Crow – Banjo, Jewsharp

Track listing

  1. "Danglin' Feet" – 2:24
  2. "DeVotchKa!" - 2:58
  3. "Gasoline Serpent" – 3:03
  4. "Head Honcho" – 3:11
  5. "Dark Eyes" – 2:47
  6. "Whiskey Breath" – 2:45
  7. "Sunrise on Cicero" – 3:14
  8. "Cuba Libra" – 2:05
  9. "The Jaws of the World" – 2:49
  10. "Life Is Short" – 3:28
  11. "Tragedy" – 3:31
  12. "Curse Your Little Heart" – 2:55
  13. "In the Tower" – 2:26

References

  1. 1 2 "Supermelodrama - DeVotchKa | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ "DeVotchKa | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Bond, Laura (August 16, 2001). "Brave New World". Phoenix New Times.
  4. ↑ Moore, John (July 21, 2002). "Colorado's Best Underground Bands DevotchKa rated first with an appeal that spreads just like clockwork". The Denver Post. p. F1.
  5. ↑ Bessman, Jim (April 2008). "DeVotchKa: A Method to the Madness". Global Rhythm. 17 (4/5): 28–29.



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