| Metal Alvin / Metal Alvin |
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| Album: | Metal Alvin | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Metal Alvin | Added: | 04/2012 | |
| Label: | Blonde Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-05-12 | Pull Date: | 2012-07-15 |
| Week Ending: | 15 Jul | 1 Jul | 17 Jun | 3 Jun | 27 May | 20 May |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 10, 2012: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Water Silver | 4. | Jun 01, 2012: | Lost Verses Water Silver | |
| 2. | Jun 26, 2012: | Meow Water Silver | 5. | May 23, 2012: | Brownian Motion Moon | |
| 3. | Jun 13, 2012: | Brownian Motion Water Silver | 6. | May 20, 2012: | A Family Affair Rain And Shine |
| Album Review |
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| Adam Pearson Reviewed 2012-05-01 | ||
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Desolate, bedroom “shoegaze.” Goth? Guitar-centric, female vocalist, cough syrup, field recordings, lo-fi, noisy, slow, dark material. Mostly short tracks that can be squeezed into a lot of different sets. I think a lot of the songs are in the same key, it’s kind of weird and soothing. RIYL Jessica Bailiff, Christina Carter, Jason Molina, maybe S, even old Cat Power? FCC on track 4. *1. Found sounds give way to slow, psychedelic, melodic pound. (2:09) 2. Dramatic vocal shriek, slow uneasiness. (1:56) 3. Dark, bent distortion. Creepy and good. (2:18) 4. multiple FCCs (1:51) 5. Rhythm changes halfway through, vocal acrobatics. (2:49) *6. Slow, mucky, backwater hypnotic acoustic guitar strum and gentle vocals. (3:25) 7. Sailing and rowing imagery, high vocal pierce. (2:17) *8. Interesting (poly)rhythm and lots of vocal layers. Strange and warm. (2:04) 9. Slowcore guitar with some nice violin(?) in second half. (3:34) *10. Distorted vocals, angsty. (2:43) 11. Warm and fuzzy with a mechanical loop. (1:43) *12. Howling pretty vocals over rumbling and acoustic strum. (2:10) 13. Dreamy and seeps into distance. (4:06) 14. Shimmery bendy keyboard tones. (2:25) 15. Renaissance fair banjo instrumental. (1:58) 16. Relaxing sounds of thunder and field recordings. Ends with child/adult duet of “You Are My Sunshine.” (2:56) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Water Silver | 9. | Body | |||
| 2. | Breaking | 10. | I Do | |||
| 3. | Roar | 11. | Stacked | |||
| 4. | Long Story Short | 12. | The Howling | |||
| 5. | How Are You? | 13. | Lost Animals | |||
| 6. | Moon | 14. | Heart Beats Thunder | |||
| 7. | At Bay | 15. | Shoreside | |||
| 8. | La Huesera | 16. | Rain And Shine |