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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
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| Date | Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:29:13 -0400 |
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Haven't picked it up yet, but I do like the clips so far.
I'm on the FOW mailing list. Because of this, I was sent the 'special offer' of pre-ordering the new CD for 'only' $15 plus postage...coming out to about 18 bucks total.
I had some hope that record companies might be seeing the light and pulling back on trying to wring every dime out of the consumer when it comes to physical CD sales, but of course I gave them too much credit.
>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From: :audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:16:58
>
>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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