Released: 1993
Tracks: Rotten Apple; Nutshell; I Stay Away; No Excuses; Whale & Wasp; Don’t Follow; Swing on This
Best track: all are excellent, but Whale & Wasp is just slightly at the top
Track to skip: none
Balls. I still think it takes serious ones to follow a massively heavy album like Dirt with this chilled out EP. Yes, they did it before with Sap, but this little 31-minute piece of plastic blows it away. Actually, this is my favorite AIC release. It’s similar to Sap in that it’s acoustic and pretty mellow, but the thing that really separates this (besides the excellent songwriting) is the
fullness of the music. Where Sap was sparse, Jar of Flies is lush and colorful. This album just breathes beautifully. The songwriting does deserve special mention here. Everything is extremely focused here, with lots of attention to detail, and it still retains that flowing quality. This is a gorgeous release.
Rating: 97
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