| · It’s another alt-country/ orch-pop CanCon classic – almost!
Burquitlam Plaza’s Nick Krgovich is also P:ano, the moniker under which he released "All of November, Most of October" – one of the most perfect slacker pop tracks of last year, it was halfway between Lambchop and the Rachels.
Big on Fall is both more of the same, and less: it pulls together two EPs, one recorded shortly before the P:ano sessions, and one recorded shortly afterward. The earlier, piano-based one is the more successful, with the Mark Eitzel influence more apparent in the vocals, and some interesting post-something instrumentals adding an extra dimension to the songs, a bit like a whimsical version of
Tindersticks II – this part gets four out of five.
The second half, however, is a bit of a mess, as Krgovich farms out the performance of these eight songs to various acquaintances, with exceedingly uneven results, even from Veda Hille – so this part gets two out of five.
So, despite a very strong first half, you will be better off searching out last year’s album, When It’s Dark and It’s Summer (one of the essential Canadian recordings of 2002). A new and orchestral P:ano CD has been promised for later this year, and is eagerly awaited.
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