Audio CD review:
Kind of Like Spitting - The Thrill of the Hunt

Kind of Like Spitting - The Thrill of the Hunt

Band: Kind of Like Spitting Title: The Thrill of the Hunt Rating: Release Date: 14 February, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Thrill Of The Hunt 2: Middle 3: Hands 4: Share The Road 5: You 6: If The Shoe Fits, Cut The Foot Off 7: To The Wall (Intermission) 8: Holding Patterns 9: A Song For You 10: The Thing About Distance (Redux) 11: Lay Some Happiness On Me 12: You Got Served 13: Thirteen

Customer Reviews The quintessential Kind of Like Spitting record It is lush, quiet, honest, and notably humble. Hitting the space somewhere between 2000's You Secretly Want Me Dead and 2005's In the Red, The Thrill of the Hunt is the quintessential Kind of Like Spitting record. Songwriter Ben Barnett maintains an unmatched level of genuine authenticity and artistic vision here. Conor Oberst can't touch this, how could he? A musician only matches this honesty by making the ultimate sacrifice, commercial viability for artistic vision. I agree with the previous reviewer who recommended starting with this album; if you like this you will love his more divergent and raw tracks. If you like what you hear and Barnett's style of music clicks with you, you WILL be overcome by his vast and expansive discography. 100 Dollar Room, Old Moon in the Arms of the New, In the Red, they are all something special. we grow older, you grow. Ben Barnett - you have that thing. . well, those things. That voice, that talent and that barrier that protects you from letting any outside influences of the current taint your style. Normally just a guy and a guitar (electric or acoustic) - on these 13 tracks (including fantastic covers of material by Big Star & others). If you are just getting started with KoLS - go ahead and start here (a companion album, 'In The Red', was released on HUSH) - but find '$100 Room' as soon as you can. . You can see a complete list of all Kind of Like Spitting discography, or go back to the Kind of Like Spitting tabs