SuperMelodrama
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| SuperMelodrama | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Indie folk, gypsy punk | |||
| Length | 37 minutes | |||
| Label | Dago Records | |||
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| 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]
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
