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| From | "Tiny Volcano" <tinyvolcano@charter.net> |
| Subject | Re: Sounds like... |
| Date | Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:00:50 -0800 |
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I've been told Tiny Volcano sounds a bit like FOW.
I'd be curious if anyone on this list would agree.
Tiny
----- Original Message -----
From: <DanAbnrml9@aol.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:23 AM
Subject: Sounds like...
> Okay, here's a general music question:
>
> Obviously this list has given me--and many others--tons and tons of great
> music recommendations. It's given me so many that I've either forgotten or
missed
> a bunch that I probably would've loved.
>
> Every springtime, I invariably get in the mood for more good power-pop,
and
> this springtime is no different. So I'm going to ask a sort-of-specific
> question that will seem silly initially: What bands do you guys like that
sound like
> Fountains of Wayne?
>
> That's a ridiculous question, obviously, so it makes me feel a little like
a
> junkie looking for his fix. Let me explain--I think I've disliked more
"sounds
> like" recommendations than any other type, because I think those bands are
> too often playing imitator and lack any personality of their own. It also
> reinforces the notion that power-pop fans are just looking for the same
thing over
> and over.
>
> BUT I love FOW, I fail to get sick of their records, and I think they
> symbolize the type of power-pop I like best--up-tempo and well-written
with clever
> lyrics and a clean mix that really "pops" when you put it on, plus their
songs
> seem to possess a magic that makes them seem effortlessly propulsive, as
if
> they're completely natural in their construction. They never seem to be
forcing
> that big anthemic chorus. I also think that a tasteful use of synthesizers
is
> about as addictive as heroin.
>
> I'm not looking for that, obviously. But in looking for "sounds like" FOW
> bands before, I've found: Candy Butchers, Bleu, Ice Cream Hands, ANY of
the
> various John Faye projects, The Davenports, The Rosenbergs, Paste, the
dB's,
> Owsley/Semantics, Splitsville, and probably some more that I can't think
of right
> now. I wound up liking these bands almost as much, even though many of
them
> sound somewhat drastically different from FOW. I can't explain why a
"sounds like"
> recommendation was even attached to some of them (Candy Butchers? Ice
Cream
> Hands? dB's?) but it did the trick anyway. In short, asking the "does it
sound
> like Fountains of Wayne?" question has quite often given me a bunch of
bands
> that sound nothing like Fountains of Wayne but who I wind up loving in
their
> own right. Funny that.
>
> So if anyone thinks they might know something to offer in this realm,
offer
> it up! I'm eager for some new stuff. --Jason
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