| Lower / Seek Warmer Climes |
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| Album: | Seek Warmer Climes | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Lower | Added: | Jun 2014 | |
| Label: | Matador Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2014-07-04 | Pull Date: | 2014-09-05 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 7 | Aug 31 | Aug 24 | Aug 10 | Aug 3 | Jul 27 | Jul 20 | Jul 13 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 06, 2016: | A Visit From Drum (Closers) Arrows | 4. | Aug 30, 2014: | Music Casserole Another Life | |
| 2. | Apr 02, 2015: | A Visit From Drum Another Life | 5. | Aug 27, 2014: | A-philiac Daft Persuasion | |
| 3. | Sep 03, 2014: | A-philiac Soft Options | 6. | Aug 25, 2014: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Another Life |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2014-06-28 | ||
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Chilly post-punk from the same Copenhagen scene that birthed Iceage. Sounds like a crisper update of the raw, operatic, shades-of-grey post-punk put out by early 4AD and Factory. Similar to Iceage, there’s some catchy songwriting buried deep under the barbed wire sonics. Favorites: 2, 5, 7, 10. No FCCs. 1. (2:30)—Fast, danceable. Tom-heavy drums, wordless shouts. 2. *(2:20)—Fast, tightly-coiled, frantic, dramatic. 3. (3:27)—Mid-tempo. Crunchy, plodding drums. Unravels at the end. 4. (3:07)—Slow. Minimal beginning. Nice, understated keyboards in the chorus. 5. *(7:00)—Slow, foreboding, quasi-gothic. Builds, builds; “It’s epic, baby!” (Mr. Esquire™) 6. (3:15)—Medium-fast. More tom-thumping drums, grinding bass. 7. *(3:12)—Medium-slow, cavernous. Catchy, subdued chorus. 8. (2:27)—Fast, slow, fast. Particulary anguished vocals, like Faith-era Robert Smith with a noisier Cure. 9. (3:51)—Medium-fast. Goes from noisy to quiet and back in seconds. 10. *(3:20)—Medium-slow. Singer Adrian Toubro really soars here. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Another Life | 6. | Bastard Tactics | |||
| 2. | Daft Persuasion | 7. | Soft Options | |||
| 3. | Lost Weight, Perfect Skin | 8. | Craver | |||
| 4. | Unkempt And Uncaring | 9. | Tradition | |||
| 5. | Expanding Horizons (Dar Es Salaam) | 10. | Arrows |