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| From | Brian Curtis <brioohs@sbcglobal.net> |
| Subject | Another rave for Spymob |
| Date | Mon, 03 May 2004 23:56:14 -0500 |
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Jason,
I wholeheartedly agree. Excellent stuff, and completely unexpected. Very
much sounds like Ben Folds Five plus guitars, with less raggedy vocals.
There was a Spymob track on a recent Neptunes album - the song called "Half
Driving, Half Eating Ice Cream" which should have foretold what was to come,
but how many folks on this list would have thought to look for it there?
What I wanna know is why their website mentions another track not on the
full length ("Joe Namath")? (It also seems that the disc was to be released
by a different label...anyone know what the hell is up?)
Brioohs
on 5/3/04 11:12 PM, audities-owner@smoe.org at audities-owner@smoe.org
wrote:
> 1) SPYMOB - SITTING AROUND KEEPING SCORE. Holy crap, this is the album of the
> year so far, no questions asked. What are you waiting for? If you're into
> pumpy power-pop a la Fountains of Wayne's more uptempo moments mixed with Ben
> Folds' use of piano as a weapon and Steely Dan's funkiness (really), then this
> is
> totally for you. Fun, clever, REALLY catchy. Just go find some sound samples
> and find out for yourself... you can't go wrong with any of them. I personally
> love the anthemic "2040", "It Gets Me Going", a pop song written from the
> perspective of an underappreciated dog, and the funky title track. You know
> what's more? These guys are the backing band for N.E.R.D.--aka the
> semi-experimental recording project of mega-popular production duo the
> Neptunes. DON'T let
> that color your expectations, though, as this is "audities"-style stuff
> through
> and through.
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