SuperMelodrama explained

SuperMelodrama
Type:	Album
Artist:	DeVotchKa
Cover:	album-supermelodrama.jpg
Released:	2000
Genre:	Indie folk, gypsy punk
Length:	37 minutes
Label:	Dago Records
Next Title:	Triple X Tango
Next Year:	2002

SuperMelodrama is the first album by the band DeVotchKa.^{[1] [2]} It was released by Dago Records in 2000. It was recorded partly at Absinthe Studios, in Westminster, Colorado.^[3]

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." Global Rhythm praised the "raucous surf-gypsy leanings."^[4]

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

External links

• Band's official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: DeVotchKa | Biography & History. AllMusic.
2. Web site: Brave New World. Laura. Bond. August 16, 2001. Phoenix New Times.
3. News: Moore . John . Colorado's Best Underground Bands DevotchKa rated first with an appeal that spreads just like clockwork . The Denver Post . July 21, 2002 . F1.
4. Bessman . Jim . DeVotchKa: A Method to the Madness . Global Rhythm . April 2008 . 17 . 4/5 . 28–29.