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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: Imperial Teen |
| Date | Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:41:19 -0500 |
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At 08:24 PM 3/26/2004 +0000, markeichelberger@comcast.net wrote:
>Anyway, among my purchases that day was a 2002 release by Imperial Teen
>titled 'On'. I think this release is their most polished yet and the
>production by Anna Waronker (ex-that dog), Steven MacDonald (Redd Kross)
>and the band is pretty good too. Lots of guy/girl harmonies and melodies
>that quite a few audities members would enjoy. I know that this is not a
>recent release but does anyone else have an opinion on Imperial Teen or
>this CD?
Their first album, SEASICK (I believe there's at least one in between this
and ON), while I don't like it as much as ON, is similarly full of cool
male/female harmonies and poppy melodies and is well worth grabbing out of
the deep-discount bins it's a staple of. The single "You're One" is one of
those songs that just gets permanently stuck in my head. (Warning: some
lyrics may contain discussions of sexual and/or gender politics.) The
shock is in the band's pedigree: the guy, Roddy Bottum, was the keyboardist
in Faith No More and the girl, Lynn Perko, was in the rather awful Sister
Double Happiness. I don't think anyone expected such a poppy band from a
lineup like that!
S
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