Radar Brothers / Illustrated Garden, The
Album: Illustrated Garden, The   Collection:General
Artist:Radar Brothers   Added:Mar 2010
Label:Merge Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-06-20 Pull Date: 2010-08-22
Week Ending: Aug 22 Aug 15 Aug 8 Jul 25 Jul 18 Jul 11
Airplays: 1 1 2 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Mar 20, 2016: Breakaway Bluff: The Best of the Last
Rainbow
4. Aug 22, 2010: the velvet futon
Chickens
2. Jun 28, 2011: meow
Dear Headlights
5. Aug 15, 2010: the velvet futon
Dear Headlights
3. Jan 02, 2011: According To Esquire:The Best Of 2010
Dear Headlights
6. Aug 13, 2010: Time Traveler
Horses Warriors

Album Review
Mason
Reviewed 2010-06-16
Radar Brothers / The Illustrated Garden -- reviewed by Mason
Layered, carefully produced and arranged indie-pop/rock. Laid-back, slightly melancholic, rainy-day feel, sometimes a little folky when it's not layering on the instruments and vocals. Reminds me of Modest Mouse but more laid-back; also several tracks have a Neu/Stereolab motorik sound. Try 1, then 3 or 6.
FCC on track 4.
1. ** Slow, head-nodding tempo; big chorus with nice guitar counterpoint; nicely arranged chords. 2. Faster; breezy, car-driving feel. Stereolab-ish, including da-da-da backup vocals. 3. * Folkier with acoustic guitar prominent on verses; bigger chorus. Nifty synth horn/whistling instrumental break. 4. FCC: "Fucking" 5. Layered vocals, more folky feel with fast triplet beat and harmony vocals. 6. * Spacious, ringing sound at the beginning, slowly mounting to expansive climax. 7. Elegaic feel, slower, electric guitar strumming base, climax with horns and rapid vocals which sounds ridiculous to me. 8. More rainy-day-ness. Stripped down verses with bass and drums. Droning early-Stereolab bridge. 9. Stripped-down with voice & acoustic guitar & funny processed organ, with some clever lead- and backing-vocal back-and-forth. 10. More motorik rhythms. Alternates tightly wound verses with expansive choruses.

Track Listing
1. Dear Headlights   6. Chickens
2. Rainbow   7. And The Birds
3. For The Birds   8. Xmas Lights
4. Quarry   9. People
5. Horses Warriors   10. Radio