The Mysteriously Untitled Fourth Album
More Cartoon Jazz! From the happy casio melody of the opening cut to the rain-drenched final fadeout, this collection gently carries a bittersweet undercurrent to your heart. Lowbelly has become more focused while keeping a healthy stylistic mix. Included are several new jazz and electronic songs, final 16-track versions of the rock legacy, and tributes to Yes and Henry Mancini.
Released April 2000
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Track List:
Grow Bug
March of the Swingers
Blue Mantilla
Momma Had to Go
With His Pointed Shoes
Heart of the Sunrise
Selected Grains
Troutdale
They are the Tools 1
This Action is the Creation
Mushi Shimasu
Of Green Pastures
They are the Tools 2

Players:
Tristan Andreas, Jake Hite, Ben Kline, Phedra Andreas, Jeremy Miller, Brian Amberg, Mike Waite, Grant Olsen, Jeremy Jensen, Patti Rival, Solomon.

Reviews:
"Yeah, baby, yeah! This, Lowbelly's Mysteriously Untitled Fourth Album, is exactly what I wanted to hear. This is just loose, playful jazz with a bit of a rock vibe to it. Not only that, but it's on the fantastically diy Fort Hazel label of Boise, Idaho! Featuring thirteen wonderful tracks, two of which are covers of Henry Mancini and Yes tunes, this album is a thoroughly entertaining listen. The starter, "Grow Bug," starts the album off on an electronicized rock note, but the album quickly moves into "cartoon jazz" territory with "March of the Swingers," a surf-rock inspired clarinet-solo freak-out that will get your head bobbing.
Then comes "Blue Mantilla," a pleasantly true-to-the-original version of Henry Mancini's lounge classic. "Momma Had To Go," which follows, is a delicious morsel of laidback groovy-ness set to a delectable jazz beat. The band's choice to include surf guitar in a jazz context works fantastically, making for a swanky jazz toe-tap-a-thon.
The other tracks on this album, including the funky "With His Pointed Shoes" and the loose "Selected Grains" are also lots of fun, and Lowbelly sounds so great with their craft that it seems as if they were born for the jazz swung beat. Everything just sounds so natural, from the beautiful treble of the chirping guitars to the twisting and turning of the improvised solo clarinet.
But it isn't until "Troutdale," this album's eighth track, that we finally experience Lowbelly at their best. With a fantastic organ chord progression in the background, the song is exactly what you'd want to hear at a dimly-lit jazz club, sipping down space-age martinis with pimento-eyed olives floating in them. While there are some deviations (the more electronic-based "Of Green Pastures", the playful toy-orchestrated "The Action is the Creation"), Lowbelly seem to prefer the jazz style to other genres, and thankfully it's what they're best at. To put it frankly, this is one of the best diy releases I've ever heard." 88% (indieville's rating system) --Matt Shimmer, Indieville.com