Geggy
Tah
Into
The Oh (2001)
review
by: Jason
Thornberry
Date:
6/1/01
File
this album under "G", because Geggy Tah are
actually Pomona California's most popular triplets, who
have as much in common with the cerebral pop of XTC as
They Might Be Giants or even Devo.
You'd
be hard pressed to pin them down to a single style on
Into The OH, or on their two previous albums Sacred Cow
and Grand Opening. They're clever without being cheeky
about it, like on Special Someone, where Geggy Tah are
like a far less excruciating Paul Simon playing a choice
number from Randy Newman's songbook and backed by E.L.O.
This
entire album is worthy of repeat listens, particularly
Sweat, Goodnight To The Machine (where the sound of a
telephone receiver coming down gently becomes an unlikely
backbeat), Aliens Somewhere, One Zero, I Forgot, and Holly
Oak.
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