| Girlpool / Before The World Was Big |
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| Album: | Before The World Was Big | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Girlpool | Added: | Dec 2015 | |
| Label: | Wichita Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-12-13 | Pull Date: | 2016-02-14 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 14 | Feb 7 | Jan 31 | Jan 24 | Jan 17 | Jan 3 | Dec 27 | Dec 20 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 17, 2021: | nearby galaxies (rebroadcast from Apr 17, 2019) Chinatown | 4. | May 08, 2019: | nearby galaxies Chinatown | |
| 2. | Nov 22, 2021: | nearby galaxies (rebroadcast from Apr 17, 2019) Chinatown | 5. | Apr 17, 2019: | nearby galaxies Chinatown | |
| 3. | Feb 26, 2020: | soft boiled Chinatown | 6. | Aug 30, 2018: | regular school / summer skool Crowded Stranger |
| Album Review |
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| Wallace Brontoon Reviewed 2015-12-12 | ||
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Innocent, angsty, sweet girl group, grabbing minimalist raw naif instrumentation and sweet vocal harmonies to create a nostalgic, beautiful sound. (Better late than never: this was a summer release, but got unclaimed on the review shelf-- nearly a lost treasure!) No FCCs, and all tracks recommended. Some (track 4, "Chinatown") are beautiful and lush, and others are raw and angsty and unlush. 1. (2:46) ****** Minimalistic guitar strum, lotsa silence, sweet simple harmony, bratty and so so simple, occasional dissonance, ending in noise-out. Just lovely. 2. (1:54) *** Hushed and sombre and bedroomy. 3. (2:21) ***** Super-plinky toy kid's piano, bratty near-harmony screeching, really angsty and sweet, evolves into a round. 4. (3:28) ********* Strummy, voices are sweet and blend together beautifully, slow and super heartbreaking, and human. Amazing, amazing song. 5. (3:35) ***** SLOW... tiptoeing guitar and precise singing, into a lusher but bittersweet build. 6. (0:36) *** Short, bratty chant. 7. (2:00) **** Bittersweet midtempo plodding guitar, with noisy electric textures. 8. (1:51) *** Slow; watery sonic textures, swaying and soft harmonizing. Pretty minimal. 9. (3:09) ***** Angular, uptempo and sad, building to full cry-yelping. "Emily, Emily". Nostalgic at full-tilt. 10. (2:31) **** Simple and gentle strumming, building to discontent and emotion. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Ideal World | 6. | Magnifiying Glass | |||
| 2. | Dear Nora | 7. | Crowded Stranger | |||
| 3. | Before The World Was Big | 8. | Pretty | |||
| 4. | Chinatown | 9. | Emily | |||
| 5. | Cherry Picking | 10. | I Like That You Can See It |