{"id":71462,"date":"2019-10-21T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=71462"},"modified":"2019-10-18T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T19:24:00","slug":"cataldo-literally-main-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2019\/10\/21\/cataldo-literally-main-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataldo: Literally Main Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Cataldo is stuck in the middle-age limbo where he can\u2019t decide to look forward to the future or behind his shoulder to the past in his newest album, Literally Main Street<\/em>. He takes the chaos of his surrounding environment from the past and present, translating it into this sense of transparency between him and the listener. The album\u2019s storytelling leaves a lot to the listener\u2019s imagination, almost allowing them to input themselves as spectators in Cataldo\u2019s inspired and unsolved world.<\/p>\n

Eric Anderson has been making music in Seattle\u2019s music scene for almost 14 years under the moniker Cataldo. Literally Main Street<\/em> is his sixth studio release and signals his return to music after a two-year break. He\u2019s been recognized nationally for his pensive lyric writing and earnest sensibilities in what he calls \u201cbrainy feelings music.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Literally Main Street<\/em>, Anderson literally \u201ccannot wait to show you all the weird things [he’s] seen.\u201d Each track is blended expertly with imaginative characters: \u201cThe guy who only wears sandals\u201d on the track \u201cDing Dong Scrambled Eggsm\u201d or \u201cfour punk kids sleeping on the floor\u201d on \u201cFor You, With You.\u201d Cataldo succeeds in placing the listener in his own narrative; however, he never speaks directly to them. Instead, Anderson is addressing people within his past and himself in his lyrics. \u201cWhere the Good Love Goes\u201d is a steady, drum-heavy song where Anderson appears to lecture someone about taking a cautionary approach to love. However, Anderson is speaking to himself\u2060 \u2014 a younger version of himself\u00a0\u2060\u2014<\/strong> and desperately trying to convince him that he \u201cis not going to know who\u2019s going to bring you home and teach you where the good love goes.\u201d Love won\u2019t fall into his lap or be provided by the best people with the best intentions. In the majority of the other tracks, Cataldo addresses people in his life through acoustic, sentimental laments about the past and the feelings attached to them. In \u201cLong Road Back to Idaho,\u201d the past catches up to the present in this expressive, soft track where Anderson recounts in perfect detail a memorable summer full of \u201criding \u2018round the railroad tracks\u201d and \u201cbarfing on chaise lounge by the window with the doors unlocked.\u201d The lyrics are so heavy but the instrumental is comforting and warm, with a faint snare drum accompanied by a light acoustic riff and the occasional dream-like synth chords. It\u2019s almost like the backtrack to a dream. Anderson\u2019s vocals are isolated in each track, standing out amongst the contrastingly light instrumentals. He\u2019s eloquent and meaningful, revealing and stirring.<\/p>\n

Pensive is the ideal word to describe the tone of this album. It is almost as if Anderson is strolling through an art gallery where every piece is a memory from days, months, or years ago. There is natural awkwardness, nervousness, and weirdness that comes with a developing life infused in each track. There is such a candid, untouched realness that listeners are fortunate enough to experience.
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\nRecommended If You Like: Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, Kishi Bashi, Fruit Bats, Conor Oberst
\nRecommended Tracks: 2 (They Don’t Know About Us), 4 (Literally Main Street), 7 (Way Way Back), 11 (Long Road Back to Idaho)
\nDo Not Play: None
\nWritten by Caroline McCone on 10\/15\/2019 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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