| Pow! / Fight Fire |
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| Album: | Fight Fire | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Pow! | Added: | Apr 2015 | |
| Label: | Castle Face Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-08-07 | Pull Date: | 2015-10-09 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 11 | Oct 4 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 31, 2021: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Sep 12, 2015) Here Comes The Spade | 4. | Oct 14, 2015: | Home on the Range Liquid Daydream | |
| 2. | Jun 22, 2016: | a strange pursuit Cold Blooded Judge, Eyesight | 5. | Oct 11, 2015: | Meow Eyesight | |
| 3. | Dec 17, 2015: | In The Year One Thousand, Eight Thousand: Best of 2015 [FQ1511-1] Here Comes The Spade | 6. | Oct 10, 2015: | Narnia Liquid Daydream, Eyesight |
| Album Review |
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| Telepathic Juan Reviewed 2015-08-08 | ||
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San Francisco’s Pow!’s new recording is titled Fight Fire. For their second album, the band continues their exploration of dystopia using synth-punk and pop melodies as blueprints for their music. Fight Fire might sound ill-disposed, but it’s an accessible, well-constructed, energetic, and even danceable record. From the press release: “The songs are at their core razor sharp punk, but are fleshed out with inventive and catchy synth work - and the floating bits of atmospheric expansion between tracks only serve to heighten the paranoid atmosphere”. RIYL: Units, Damaged Bug, Stalls, Chrome, and, Jack Name. FCC CLEAN! Recommended Tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 12 1. (3:00) The Heart & The Spade – Accelerated electro-punk starter with crunchy guitars and 80’s pop touches. 2. (4:02) **Eyesight – Synth-punk all the way. Great rhythm. Units would be proud. 3. (3:20) **Liquid Daydream – Fast tempo tune with great rhythmic structure. Cool Guitars. Catchy as hell. 4. (1:17) Floating on a Block of Ice – Late 1970’s inspired synth driven transitional piece. Spacey. 5. (3:40) *Static (oh no ok) – Hermetic and repetitive. Ritualistic drumming. Sounds very early1980’s San Francisco post-punk. 6. (1:19) *Rise Up From the Center of The Rising Sea – Dense punker driven by intense drumming and synthesizer noises. 7. (1:46) Surrender – Noisy transitional piece with found sounds and a stupid French accent. 8. (2:19) At the Dock – Layers of appliance noises, reverse recordings and other studio trickeries. 9. (2:26) *2000 Now! – Synth driven post-punker with 1950’s TV sci-fi effects. There’s also a no wave vibe on the recording. Cool. 10. (3:04) Cold Blooded Judge – Devo-esque elements at a fast paced rhythm. Guitar solo a la Blue Oyster Cult. Damn! 11. (0:47) Heated House – Another transitional instrumental – prologue to last track. 12. (2:27) **Here Comes The Spade – Well-constructed track with contagious beat and ridiculous glossy effects. | ||
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