Dtcv / Hilarious Heaven
| Album: | Hilarious Heaven | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Dtcv | Added: | Jun 2014 | |
| Label: | Xemu Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2014-06-06 | Pull Date: | 2014-08-08 |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 | Jul 6 | Jun 29 | Jun 22 | Jun 15 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 15, 2015: | Meow: The Best Of The Decade So Far (2010-2014)...The Sequel!
Electrostatic, Inc. |
4. | Jul 22, 2014: | Meow
Gone 2 Quickly |
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| 2. | Jan 01, 2015: | Meow: The Best Of 2014
Electrostatic, Inc. |
5. | Jul 15, 2014: | Meow
Electrostatic, Inc. |
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| 3. | Aug 02, 2014: | Music Casserole
J'irai Pas, How Not To Be |
6. | Jul 14, 2014: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Electrostatic, Inc., Creative Class Dismissed |
Album Review
Mister Esquire
Reviewed 2014-06-02
Reviewed 2014-06-02
As Reviewed By Mister Esquire.
I couldn't ruin that cover.
The artwork is by Robert Pollard.
DTCV (aka Detective) features James Greer (ex-GBV), Guylaine Vivarat (she has a very sultry voice.)and Chris Dunn. sound is all over the map: GBV, jangle pop, psych, krautrock, and prog.
intended as concept album? perhaps. short inter chapters of found sound, telephone calls, instrumentation, etc.
MR. ESQ. SEZ: MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW.
FCC WARNING: 21.
SOUNDS LIKE: GBV/POLLARD/TOBIN SPROUT, CINEMA RED AND BLUE, STEREOLAB, SOFT MACHINE, ET AL.
PLAY: ANY/ALL/RANDOMEOW/GO COMEOWTOSE.
1. telegraph signals fro outer space, male announcer. short.
2. fem vox. GBV with a lil' bar band that could vibe.
3. galloping gits. mid fast. mal vox.
4. PURR-FECT: kicks ass. play now =mach meow!
5. short git lude.
6. fem vox. meander pop.
7. short voicemail =he's pissed!
8. Cinema Red and Blue.
9. short robotic fem voice explaining what a synth is.
10. PURR-FECT II (TIE):synthey, sultry, discoish. think: Tamaryn, Still Corners.
11. ghosty short instrumental. leads into...
[PLAY 11&12 TOGETHER FOR BEST EFFECT.]
12. fast and rockin' number. mal vox.
13. short synthy lude.
14. haunted carnival. goes into slow gits. vox kick in. then flute (very 70's prog.)
15. people speaking French. then...gunshots.
16. PURR-FECT II (TIE): it's epic, baby! fem vox.
17. very GBV in lurchy state.
18. PURR-FECT II (TIE): sad piano -I like piano! fem vox ala Karen Carpenter.it's epic, baby!
19. anti-commie propaganda from 50's. short.
20. PURR-FECT II (TIE): it's epic, baby! rocks.
21. FCC WARNING: BULLSHIT, MOTHERFUCKER, MOTHERFUCKIN, FUCKIN', ET AL. (it's the voicemail guy again! boy is he pissed!)
22. psych pop. good harmonies. Indian flavor. marchy. Quilt.
23. found sound.
24. PURR-FECT II (TIE):very soft begin, into fem vox. trippy. meanders all proggy, epic, meander...
25. FCC WARNING? MAYBE (HE'S SCOTTISH.).
26. good ending. slow, long build up. voices keep joining in till the very end.
I couldn't ruin that cover.
The artwork is by Robert Pollard.
DTCV (aka Detective) features James Greer (ex-GBV), Guylaine Vivarat (she has a very sultry voice.)and Chris Dunn. sound is all over the map: GBV, jangle pop, psych, krautrock, and prog.
intended as concept album? perhaps. short inter chapters of found sound, telephone calls, instrumentation, etc.
MR. ESQ. SEZ: MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW.
FCC WARNING: 21.
SOUNDS LIKE: GBV/POLLARD/TOBIN SPROUT, CINEMA RED AND BLUE, STEREOLAB, SOFT MACHINE, ET AL.
PLAY: ANY/ALL/RANDOMEOW/GO COMEOWTOSE.
1. telegraph signals fro outer space, male announcer. short.
2. fem vox. GBV with a lil' bar band that could vibe.
3. galloping gits. mid fast. mal vox.
4. PURR-FECT: kicks ass. play now =mach meow!
5. short git lude.
6. fem vox. meander pop.
7. short voicemail =he's pissed!
8. Cinema Red and Blue.
9. short robotic fem voice explaining what a synth is.
10. PURR-FECT II (TIE):synthey, sultry, discoish. think: Tamaryn, Still Corners.
11. ghosty short instrumental. leads into...
[PLAY 11&12 TOGETHER FOR BEST EFFECT.]
12. fast and rockin' number. mal vox.
13. short synthy lude.
14. haunted carnival. goes into slow gits. vox kick in. then flute (very 70's prog.)
15. people speaking French. then...gunshots.
16. PURR-FECT II (TIE): it's epic, baby! fem vox.
17. very GBV in lurchy state.
18. PURR-FECT II (TIE): sad piano -I like piano! fem vox ala Karen Carpenter.it's epic, baby!
19. anti-commie propaganda from 50's. short.
20. PURR-FECT II (TIE): it's epic, baby! rocks.
21. FCC WARNING: BULLSHIT, MOTHERFUCKER, MOTHERFUCKIN, FUCKIN', ET AL. (it's the voicemail guy again! boy is he pissed!)
22. psych pop. good harmonies. Indian flavor. marchy. Quilt.
23. found sound.
24. PURR-FECT II (TIE):very soft begin, into fem vox. trippy. meanders all proggy, epic, meander...
25. FCC WARNING? MAYBE (HE'S SCOTTISH.).
26. good ending. slow, long build up. voices keep joining in till the very end.
Track Listing
| 1. | Everything Is Cinema | 14. | How Not To Be | |||
| 2. | I Was Where Were You | 15. | J'irai Pas | |||
| 3. | Creative Class Dismissed | 16. | Alpha Waves In A Gelatinous Conductor | |||
| 4. | Electrostatic, Inc. | 17. | The Sickness | |||
| 5. | Imposter Horse | 18. | Contre Jour | |||
| 6. | Sundial | 19. | Soulsville Usa | |||
| 7. | Cars Missing Vol. 1 | 20. | Gone 2 Quickly | |||
| 8. | Improving Ground | 21. | Cars Missing Vol. 2 | |||
| 9. | (Cis) X | 22. | Shut Up | |||
| 10. | Gone 1 Quickly | 23. | Windsor Hum | |||
| 11. | Ghostery | 24. | Tiptoe | |||
| 12. | Hyprdoxxing Dowager Inn | 25. | The Wild Party | |||
| 13. | Los Angeles Street | 26. | Hotspurs Of Nicely Light |