Push Comes to Love
Stephen Prina solo album
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cums for Shove" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "The Devil, Probably" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Too Strong" | 0:52 |
| 4. | "The Sobriquet" | 3:39 |
| 5. | "No One Calls Me Friend" | 5:49 |
| 6. | "Trevor" | 5:39 |
| 7. | "The Achiever" | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Little Lips" (A Little Tidbit, by Dr. Seuss) | 7:00 |
| 9. | "Community" | 4:48 |
| 10. | "This Is Not It" | 3:32 |
| 11. | "Hand in Glove" | 3:02 |
Background
Personnel
- Produced by David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke
- Recorded by Jim O'Rourke, John McEntire, Brandon King
Cover art
Artwork and design by Barbara Bloom
Reviews
Earpiece
Spring 1999[2]
b.wildered
the most immediately reference for this disk is the red krayola, due to prina's role in the drag city incarnation of mayo thompson's long-running collective. the next referent is that this was co-produced by the david grubbs and jim o'rourke, late of gastr del sol. i am only familiar with prina due to his involvement with the red krayola, but i have seen several articles mentioning him as an artist/composer, working and teaching, i believe, at the pasadena college of the arts. there is a dominant theme involving sexual/social interactions, with the cover art featuring animal pairs. this recording seems to be an exercise in collaboration, with a variety of individuals contributing and prina, grubbs and o'rourke, in various combinations, providing the musical settings. o'rourke's settings are reminiscent of his work as an arranger/producer with such artists as untitled (cynthia dahl), and edith frost, in that they are spare and appropriate, enhancing rather from distracting. i am impelled by this work to revisit my krayola cds to sniff out the prina aspects. my impression is that it is going to take awhile to sift thru this. on first few listens, it seems slight, tho perhaps this is due to my being often distracted by other activities when it is on. i definitely recommend this to those who appreciate the aforementioned nineties the red krayola, while it might be less appreciable by those who are pursuing the chicago/gastr del sol connection, due to the lack of immediately perceptible complexity, expecially in the musical side of this. those who like a diverting lyrical experience, with some whimsy involved, and with the inclination to ponder meaning, would be well served by hearing this a few times. it is definitely in my rotation, for the present time. i have found song called "trevor" to be particularly caught in my brain pan, with it's rumination on an unwashed dog's life and catchy chorus with horns part.