| If I Could See Dallas | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Japancakes |
| Cover: | If I Could See Dallas.jpg |
| Released: | October 13, 1999 |
| Genre: | Indie rock Post rock |
| Length: | 54:23 |
| Label: | Kindercore Records[1] |
| Producer: | Japancakes |
| Next Title: | Down the Elements |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
If I Could See Dallas is the first album by the indie rock band Japancakes, released in 1999.[2]
AllMusic wrote that "for all of the record's cosmic glow, the recurring presence of steel guitar keeps the music rooted in terra firma, a paradox which makes the music that much more difficult to pinpoint in any single time or place." Exclaim! thought that "people inclined to easy classifications will call this post-rock, but unlike the cold air of academia that enshrouds the likes of Tortoise, Japancakes’ music possesses the heart and warmth of the Georgia environs that birthed it."[3] Rolling Stone wrote that the album is "flecked with melodic nuance, subtle turns of phrase that enrich the music's lazy-river flow."[4]