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| From | Matthew George <abertawe@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Envelopes (formerly Parks and Recreation (formerly Reclinerland)) |
| Date | Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:19:31 +0100 |
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Stewart Mason wrote:
> The cool parts of DEMON are very cool indeed: specifically, "It Is The
> Law" and "Sister In Love" are two of my favorite songs so far this
> year. "It Is The Law" reminds me a lot of the classic Pixies style, in
> that it's a two-minute song with one line of lyrics repeated endlessly,
> but it sounds like a fully-formed pop song nonetheless. However, it's a
> really wide-ranging record, and overall, I don't like the songs that the
> guy sings as much as I do the ones the girl sings, but that's probably
> due to my fondness for female singers. There are certainly Auditeers
> who would find this album incredibly irritating
I put them in my top 20 of 2005, and wish I'd moved them up 10 places,
when I saw them live. Even though there are plenty of identifiable
references in their sound, I think they manage to sound fresh and
energetic. They're worth seeing live, if you've got a
tolerance/penchant for chaotic, shambolic off-the-wall noise-making.
Exactly what you'd expect of a Franco-Swedish collective who live
together on an English farm.
Bloody marvellous.
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