I was supposed to listen to this album the week of April 16th through April 22nd, but I didn't. So this week I listened to Unsafe At Any Speed by the Sky Corvair. The Sky Corvair are a very interesting band to me, being a collaboration between two 90s Midwest Emo titans: Tim Kinsella of Cap'n Jazz and Bob Nanna of Braid. The band was only around briefly, with their main formation taking place during a period of time when Cap'n Jazz was not active in 1994 to 1995 which is when most of the material on the album was recorded, breaking up once Cap'n Jazz became active again. They did reunite in 1997 and recorded the last 3 tracks, albeit without Kinsella. When compared to both Cap'n Jazz and Braid, the album sounds noticeably different from most things either of those bands did. It reminds me a lot more of the Emo/Post-Hardcore music coming around the turn of the 90s, stuff like Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, or even Current at times than it does Cap'n Jazz or Braid. Don't get it twisted, I love how this album sounds, it just feels very different from a lot of Kinsella or Nanna's other work, Kinsella especially. The whole album feels decidedly un-Kinsella, who I feel is always trying to push forward with his music. His music always sounds very original, where this feels very similar to other artists. Once again, not to say this is a bad thing, just an interesting note from a big fan of Kinsella's work. On the actual quality of the album, I feel that it is very good. All the songs are enjoyable to listen to, and the production sits in that sweet spot of low and high fidelity that I love so much. The vocals are recorded quite clearly, leaving a perfect space for the instrumentals to sound a little bit unpolished production wise which fits very well for this style of music. I'm glad to have found another album to fit in that early 90s, more hardcore focused Emo sound that I enjoy, and I welcome it all the more since it is a Tim Kinsella project. 9/10 album
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