| Palma Violets / 180 |
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| Album: | 180 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Palma Violets | Added: | Apr 2013 | |
| Label: | Rough Trade Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-04-21 | Pull Date: | 2013-06-23 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 23 | Jun 9 | Jun 2 | May 26 | May 19 | May 12 | May 5 | Apr 28 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 22, 2013: | Last of the Fifth Decade Best Of Friends | 4. | May 22, 2013: | Minding The Gap Johnny Bagga' Donuts | |
| 2. | Jun 02, 2013: | air balloon lane Best Of Friends | 5. | May 12, 2013: | air balloons All The Garden Birds | |
| 3. | May 31, 2013: | Time Traveler Best Of Friends | 6. | May 05, 2013: | Air Balloon Lane Best Of Friends |
| Album Review |
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| Grumpy Sean Reviewed 2013-04-19 | ||
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Four stylish London lads bust out of the gate with a throwback effort that evokes the Stranglers and Libertines (without the drug troubles) and a host of other earnest (if slightly illiterate) rockers. These are songs of youth, of the city, of desperate excitement. Guitar, bass, drums, an organ with settings sometimes borrowed from The Clean's "Tally Ho" era, and tons of reverb on the vocals. I see this band poised to overheat quickly and then warp into a strung-out trainwreck, so enjoy the innocence and have fun with it while you can. 1. * med, some rave-up moments and a great rousing (if dumb) chorus 2. med, nice organ lines, but weak drop-outs for vocals 3. * med(-), common but memorable chord progression 4. med+, propulsive 5. varies, probably a show-stopper live (but not in studio) 6. dn -> med -> dn, goofy crescendo at end 7. med(+) / varies, definitely channeling the Stranglers here 8. * med(+)/varies, anthemic dumb-core sweep in 3 minutes 9. med(-), slightly sappy, perhaps 3+ drinks into the evening? 10. dn / builds, reaching for that second wind 11. dn(+), slowly swinging pseudo-anthem that ends after about 3 minutes... followed by 10-15 seconds of ambient rumbling... and then med/varies, a drunken mishmash of a new song | ||
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