Released: 1991
Tracks: Slowly But Surely; Tell Me Why; My Sweetheart is the Sun; Captured; Am I; I’m Only Human; Open Again (Communication); Money; Joan of Arc; Butterflies; Just Say Love Stay Close to Me
Best track: Butterflies
Track to skip: Money is kinda stupid, so if you skip it the world won’t end
This is Davíd Garza’s first release after breaking up his previous band,
Twang Twang Shock-A-Boom. For the new band he got all new people and a new name: Davíd Garza and the Lovebeads. The new band isn’t really a ‘band’ necessarily, it’s just Davíd and other musicians. It would turn into a full-time band, but for this album it’s really a solo thing.
Comparing this stuff to the previous Twang stuff, it is a bit different. I think he really was trying shed that goofy persona that Twang had and present himself as a more serious songwriter. I think in general most people preferred him to stay with what he was doing. And that’s really how his ‘fans’ have reacted to his music for his entire career. Whether this is better or worse than Twang is irrelevant. The whole point of this album, and band, was that he was branching out and not staying in the same place.
Even though he was only like 19 when he recorded this album, it still sounds amazingly mature. The songs are mostly very good with only a few question marks in the bunch. Man, I wish I could’ve written songs like Butterflies when I was in my late teens! I don’t know exactly how the public reacted to this album, but I think if people would’ve just listened to all the good stuff on here this would be regarded as a classic in Austin music circles. I think this album is pretty much forgotten by now except for the hardcore ‘Veed fans. That’s too bad, this is a good album. It’s by no means his best, and honestly, it’s at the lower end of his post-twang material. But, it’s still good.
The great songwriting is here, the eclecticism is here, and the musicianship is here…a great beginning to his ‘solo’ career. He only got better after this, but this is still worth getting if you can find someone who’ll dub you a copy. This thing was out of print by 1992, and only 500-1000 copies were probably pressed (on cassette no less!), so good luck in finding an original.
Rating: 84
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