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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Deleted Waveform Gatherings |
| Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:32:05 -0400 |
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Another review of a new band that people will ignore before
complaining that no one ever talks about new bands in between endless
McCartney-related posts. Particularly note the last sentence.
One might expect a Stereolab ripoff from a band name like Deleted
Waveform Gatherings, but in fact, COMPLICATED VIEW is a rather awesome
blend of pure 1970s AM radio pop (opening track "Morgue Itch" has a
loping, bass-powered groove pitched exactly halfway between Wings'
"Helen Wheels" and Tommy James' "Draggin' the Line"), trippy neo-psych
alt-rock a la Beck and, yeah, a little Stereolab as well in the
vintage synth burbles that decorate the edges of these solidly
constructed pop songs.
Singer-songwriter Oyvind Holm has his influences on display a bit
(Marc Bolan deserves some credit for Holm's deliciously whiny vocal
style), but songs like the propulsive title track and the throbbing,
tightly-wound freakbeat of "Emily Barratt's Dead" are so instantly
likable that it seems churlish to list the obvious touchstones. (But
if you must: Green Pajamas, Robyn Hitchcock, Television
Personalities.) Fans of Cotton Mather's KON-TIKI who found Robert
Harrison's new Future Clouds and Radar project too weird and sprawling
for their tastes will be all over this.
S
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