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| From | Kevin Mathews <kevin@powerofpop.com> |
| Subject | Myracle Brah (was The High Dials / Datsons) |
| Date | Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:36:54 -0400 |
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Hear, hear!
That debut disc was my album of 1998 & I still stand by that
assessment. Great tunes, great vibe. I loved the 2nd (and
last?) Love Nut album as well.
The subsequent albums have also demonstrated the scope of
Andy Bopp's creativity and I've never quite understood these
accusations that Bopp is a one-note copyist.
Singleminded devotion to a particular retro style? Far from
it. But even if that was the case, is that necessarily a bad
thing as long as it's done right? Eg. Orgone Box.
cheers
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:06:45 -0500
>From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: The High Dials / Datsons
>To: audities@smoe.org
>
>While the Myracle Brah debut disc was very much a spot-the-
influence lark
>(and an incredibly entertaining one), to continue to
stereotype them on the
>basis of that disc is plain wrong. I would say that on
their second and
>fourth albums (PLATE SPINNER and BLEEDER), Andy Bopp and his
assistants
>weave in some other elements into the music. The melodies
are certainly cut
>from the same cloth as always -- that has always been a part
of Bopp's thing
>in Love Nut and MB -- but there are a lot of diverse sonic
elements that add
>a gloss that is alternatively psychedelic and modern and
find Myracle Brah
>to be a lot more daring, in some respects, than many of
their power pop
>bretheren. Even if one does not like those records, it is
unfair to
>continually paint them as mere imitators, when that is
simply incorrect.
>
>Mike Bennett
>
>
>
>Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>
>>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>
>>Myracle Brah: Thankfully, no. They're not so singleminded
in their
>>devotion to any particular retro style.
>
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Grace and peace
KEVIN
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