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| From | "Alan Haber" <zoogang@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Foutains review at Pitchfork |
| Date | Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:16:58 -0400 |
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Hey Mark, give it time... Give it time... Time is your friend... :o)
I played "Red Dragon Tattoo" on Pure Pop every week for like 6 months or so.
If that's the benchmark for FOW, and I just about think it is, they'll have
a hard time getting anywhere near it again. That said, there are certainly
many great songs on Welcome Interstate Managers, and those two new songs on
the 2-CD comp are super. Utopia Parkway is brilliant--the thing hangs
together as a whole in a way that WIM doesn't, for me at least.
So, I'm looking forward to the new album. We'll see how it plays in these
parts.
Alan
http://www.purepopradio.com
http://www.buhdge.com
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Frumento
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:48 PM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Foutains review at Pitchfork
I will temper my comments with the fact that Alan warned me not to expect
"Red Dragon Tatoo" every time from the band. But the new one just seems to
have nothing to really pull me in like some of the tracks on past albums. It
makes me think they are starting to parody themselves sometimes but then are
other times forced to break away from that parody into an uncomfortable
territory. They seem like Nick Lowe to me, in a sense ... their sound is so
distinctive that anything they do to change takes them away from writing
great songs. Like I said, this time the songs don't really grab me. (I can
hear Alan saying to give it time!).
I don't know Pitchfork because I don't really care about reviews so none
of what I'm saying has anything to do with someone elses review.
zoogang@cox.net wrote:
First of all, I wouldn't give the Pitchfork review any credence. The
review reads like a slightly tipsy guy jawing to someone at a bar. The
reviewer never really makes a case for Traffic and Weather being a bad
album. Other than one specific song mention, he doesn't give specific
examples of where the album goes wrong. It sounds like he has it in for FOW
more than anything else.
Now I've not heard the album yet, and "Someone to Love" doesn't really hook
me, to be honest, but I'll reserve my opinion for next Tuesday. I look
forward to good things.
Meanwhile, the Lewis Taylor album from eMusic is aces. Pure aces. The new
Silver Sun races to the finish line with rich harmonies, a good thing. And
the new Graham Parked is killer.
Alan
http://www.purepopradio.com
http://www.buhdge.com
---- Gene Good wrote:
> For those interested,The new Fountains of Wayne got a horrible review at
> Pitchfork today.Only got a 3.0.Now I know that no review is gospel,I do
have
> some doubt about this release.Pitchfork is tough sometimes ,but they have
> been very positive about some great pop music.They do tend to worship the
> indie more than the major.And I am hearing some good some bad
> elsewhere.Could it be this bad?
>
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