Love em. Listen to Roomsound as much as any other CD I have over the last few years. I love some of those fragmented lyrics that Tim Rutili comes up with and Roomsound is probably my favorite album from 2001. At first the songs kind of all meander together, but pretty soon it starts to fall into scenes. Almost like a landscape. I think Califone (and Rutili in particular) does have a vision similar to that of a good cinematographer, and when you add in the array of expertly played acoustic instruments, and the subtle electro-organic textures by Brian Deck that add space and ambience, and the junkyard percussion that goes almost unnoticed at times, it all adds up to music with a real heart and soul. Pretty nice sound too.
The Califone EP on Road Cone from the year before was my first taste, and "Electric Fence" might be their best song. Just happened to be listening to that lately so had to toss it out too
