| Lawrence Arabia / Sparrow, The |
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| Album: | Sparrow, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Lawrence Arabia | Added: | Dec 2012 | |
| Label: | Bella Union | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-12-08 | Pull Date: | 2013-02-10 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 10 | Feb 3 | Jan 27 | Jan 20 | Jan 13 | Jan 6 | Dec 30 | Dec 23 |
| Airplays: | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 25, 2022: | KZSU Time Traveler The Listening Times | 4. | Dec 06, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler Traveling Shoes | |
| 2. | Sep 02, 2022: | KZSU Time Traveler Traveling Shoes | 5. | Nov 08, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler The Listening Times | |
| 3. | May 07, 2021: | KZSU Time Traveler Traveling Shoes | 6. | May 24, 2019: | KZSU Time Traveler The Listening Times |
| Album Review |
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| Wallace Brontoon Reviewed 2012-12-08 | ||
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New Zealand -- indie pop, with a slick '60s Brill Building kinda songcraft. Beautifully ornate arrangements (lush strings, '60s poppy-sad sound.) Gloom filtered and steady. Lawrence Arabia is James Milne (the Brunettes; he's played bass for Okkervil River; toured with Feist). This is REALLY cool stuff. RIYL Belle & Sebastian, Jon Brion, Serge Gainsbourg, Scott Walker... No FCCs. 1 (4:13) ***** Phil Spector-esque string opening. Catchy chorus, with swooning strings and some sharp staccato, joined by faint backing group. "He's gotta go away..." 2 (3:32) * Mid-tempo groove, absurd falsetto alternates with more natural singing. Soft piano break midway. Ends with prolonged string lament. 3 (3:12) *** Damped, bouncy guitar, reedy spooky vocals. Haunted-pop atmosphere. Strings subdued, only at vocal breaks. Grows richer, vocal back-up and swooning violins enter. 4 (2:31) * Spare vocals over piano, spooky, slow and mopey. Joined by ghost-chorus at times, but not too much going on-- 5 (3:43) A little dancier, synthier, '80s-funky sound, but sparse. I could take it or leave it. Some good moments, but it lacks the '60s/strings goodness. Becomes chorus, all '60s-echoey at 2:20. 6 (4:41) *** Quiet intro. Slowish walk, draggy high vocals, strings join. Keeps the tempo going in leisurely groove, with friscalating violins taking over. 7 (4:35) ** Cool stroll, muted horns. Low energy, straight-ahead, until 2 minutes in: some nice twinkling bells, and it pulls forward a bit. 8 (2:27) ** Instrumental. Strummy open, then muted bouncy trumpet, become a dissonant brass section. 9 (5:55) * Fuzzy guitar, pipey multi-tracked male vocals. Slinky strings. Calms down into a prolonged relaxed piano outro, including sentimental strings. -Hervey Okkles 12/8/2012 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Traveling Shoes | 5. | The 03 | |||
| 2. | Lick Your Wounds | 6. | Early Kneecappings | |||
| 3. | The Listening Times | 7. | The Bisexual | |||
| 4. | Bicycle Racing | 8. | Dessau Rag | |||
| 9. | Legends | |||||