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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | new band alert: The Get Quick |
| Date | Tue, 26 Jul 2005 03:57:27 -0400 |
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Remember when the Lilys released BETTER CAN'T MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER,
and you were all, like, "Dude, where did THAT come from?" And then
Kurt Heasley proved himself to be a majorly drug-addled flake and to
this day, he still hasn't released another album that's been anywhere
near so satisfying? And then about four years ago, the Asteroid No. 4
released KING RICHARD'S COLLECTIBLES, which absolutely smoked their
earlier dronier records and was Philadelphia's first great psych-pop
album since BETTER? And then their next album, they decided they were
Gram friggin' Parsons or something?
Well, get ready to set yourself up again for eventual disappointment
from the land of Tastykakes, because the trilogy is complete: the
debut album by the Get Quick, HOW THE STORY GOES, is absolutely up
there with BETTER CAN'T MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER and KING RICHARD'S
COLLECTIBLES. It's out next month on Rainbow Quartz, and it's the
best thing the label has released in ages. Fundamentally strong,
melodic pop songs get lovingly futzed with, with sax and strings and
vintage synths and backwards guitars decorating but not dominating.
There's no obsession with getting the "correct" '60s-inspired sound --
most of the album sounds as much like the Three O'Clock as it does the
Move -- and unlike the bands traveling in the nexus around the Brian
Jonestown Massacre, the Get Quick actually finished writing the songs
before they started recording them. But if either of the
above-mentioned records meant anything at all to you, you're gonna
love this.
S
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