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| From | Bob Hutton <bob_hutton@standardlife.com> |
| Subject | Re: Deleted Waveform Gatherings |
| Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:34:39 +0100 |
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Yes! I saw these guys recently in Liverpool, I mistook them for The
Mellowmen (a bunch of Scandinavian looking guys playing onstage at the
time the IPO programme said the Mellowmen were playing). Anyway, I managed
to see the real Mellowmen later on the same day - best gig I've seen in
years, by the way - but Deleted Waveform Gatherings were not bad either. I
downloaded the album a few days ago from eMusic, and the tracks I've
listened to so far sound very good - kinda like a psychedelic Shazam
maybe?
Did anyone on the list catch any footage from the Glastonbury festival
last weekend? I lot of it was available for streaming from the BBC
website. I caught the Stooges and Hold Steady, both good.
Bob
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13. Deleted Waveform Gatherings
Posted by: "Stewart Mason" craigtorso@verizon.net
Date: Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:40 pm ((PDT))
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.
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