Remember That I Love You (CD - 2006)

Personnel: Kimya Dawson (vocals, whistling, guitar, flute, organ, castanets, maracas); Kimya Dawson; Jake Kelly (vocals, mandolin, violin); Matthew Tobey (vocals, ukulele, bells); Craig Peters (vocals, keyboards); Matt Tobey, Erin Tobey, Erin Torpey (vocals, bells); M.J. Geier, Donna Dear, Saint Abby (vocals); Craig Peters (keyboards); Scott Yoder (vocals, electric guitar); Paul Baribeau (vocals, keyboards).

Recording information: Jake Kelly's House, Portland, OR; Olive Juice, New York, NY.

Author: Hallie Geier.

By turns silly, sad, gleeful, and serious, the Kimya Dawson we meet on REMEMBER THAT I LOVE YOU is the same delightful oddball fans have grown to love. At the same time, there is something a bit more sophisticated at play here. The former Moldy Peach remains folk rock's class clown, but the arrangements of these songs are a little more complex, and Dawson seems more self-aware, more in control of her allusions and haphazard rhymes. A couple of songs continue the more political tone begun on HIDDEN VAGENDA, and "My Rollercoaster" is as fun a song as Dawson has ever recorded. minimize