June 2007

LD & THE NEW

CRITICISM
ARTIST LD & the New Criticism
TITLE AMORAL CERTITIDES
FORMAT Compact disc
LABEL Acuarela
CATALOGUE NO Nois 062
UPC 842 6946 903212
RELEASE DAT E 18 June 2007
FILE UNDER Autodidactic Toe-Tappers

‘It’s to Beghtol and friends’ credit that TRAGIC REALISM manages at once to offer such charming
and cheeky fun while also being so full of genuine sadness, so marked by the cold hard facts of life.
They turn the deepest sadness into a lark, a dance, a game, a celebration even—while singing boldly

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and beautifully about the darkest of matters.’ —e r a s i n g c l o u d s . c o m

he latest offering from New York’s tuneful, eclectic LD & the New Criticism is a delightful morsel of pop
yumminess—a musical amuse-bouche sure to linger in your ear as it momentarily satisfies your hunger... yet still
leaving you wanting more. Created as a musical bridge between TRAGIC REALISM, the band’s critically-acclaimed
2005 debut, and a new full-length collection the band are currently constructing, AMORAL CERTITUDES is a brief
survey of crimes of the heart that has one elegantly-shod foot planted firmly in the fetid grave of romance, and
the other in the giddy, carnivalesque Tunnel of Love. LD BEGHTOL's playful lyrics sing of the unabashed humor and pathos
of human amatory relations, even as the swirling musical accompaniment entices you inward and onward to your
doom. Or redemption. Or whatever—it's your trip, baby; you decide.
AMORAL CERTITUDES opens with “Love Theme from LD & TNC,” a brief lesson in literary criticism (in lullaby form)
that soon gives way to “AKA Paradise”—a rousing three-minute pop number replete with sonorous clarinets and what
just might be a hint of hopefulness. Well, maybe. Next is “What You Will,” a neo-60s folk-rock nugget that features the
wondrous vocals of Dana Kletter and Kendall Jane Meade, as well as oceans of chiming 12-string electric guitar. An
enchanting cover of Lisa Germano’s “If I Think of Love” is followed by another Beghtolian song-epigram, the doowop
confection “Light Verse.” Bringing it all home is “Sex Surrogate,” a mechanized sea chanty about the search for sexual
validation in today’s consumer-driven society. Is that desperation in the air? Or just the sweet smell of excess?

LD & the New Criticism { This time... }

LD Beghtol voice, electric guitars, soprano and baritone ukuleles, Hammond organ, Casio
PT-100 and 405, chord organ, upright piano, toy piano, Melodica 27, glockenspiel, sleigh bells,
maracas, tambourine, finger cymbals, handclaps, etc
Jonathan ‘Chuck’ Plummer voice, mandolin
Geoff Otis electric bass, acoustic and electric guitars, floor tom, handclaps
Noel Rose drums, voice
‘Handsome Jim’ Bentley noises, electric guitars, snare, voice
+ Dana Kletter & Kendall Jane Meade voice
+ Jim Andralis accordion, voice; Mason Patrick Brown 2nd voice, acoustic guitar, mandolin, handclaps;
Ryan Griffin voice, libations; Jon Natchez clarinet; Pinky Weitzman Stroh violin

T R A C K L I ST 1. “Love Theme from LD & TNC,” 2. “AKA Paradise,” 3. “What You Will,” 4. “If I Think of Love,”
5. “Light Verse,” 6. “Sex Surrogate” (version)

‘If you do not buy this record, the terrorists have won.’ —g a e s t e l i s t e . d e

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