| Alexalone / Alexaloneworld |
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| Album: | Alexaloneworld | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Alexalone | Added: | Apr 2022 | |
| Label: | Polyvinyl Record Co. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2022-04-25 | Pull Date: | 2022-06-27 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 26 | Jun 5 | May 29 | May 15 | May 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 10, 2022: | Music Casserole Black Rainbow | 4. | May 25, 2022: | The Fuzz Deli Unpacking My Feelings | |
| 2. | Jun 04, 2022: | Music Casserole Ruins | 5. | May 14, 2022: | Music Casserole Eavesdropper | |
| 3. | May 31, 2022: | rainboots Let It Go | 6. | May 11, 2022: | The Fuzz Deli Eavesdropper |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2022-04-10 | ||
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INDIE ROCK - GARAGE / LOUD Singer-songwriter-guitarist Alex Peterson (they/them, says the band’s lengthy Bandcamp profile) leads a Texas-based quartet called (ironically?) alexalone: others provide drums, guitars, bass, keys, effects, and a female backing vocal. Their profile calls the music “soft songs played loud.” That sums it up well; the moody but under-mixed singing is washed away in a full-on, glorious, shoegazey (even if that word is passé) flood of hard rock sound. FCC clean (though lyrics are sometimes hard to discern). 1 ** “Electric Sickness” - mid-fast. Steady grinding rhythm supports subdued duet vocals. Play it loud. (3:31) 2 “Where in the World” - mid-slow, loud guitar & drums surround short, quieter, slower vocal segments. (6:11) 3 * “Unpacking my Feelings” - mid-tempo. Loud power blues with a melancholy feeling. RIYL Jack White. (3:34) 4 “Can’t Sleep” - slow. a long crescendo. sort of dreary in comparison to the rest. (3:35) 5 * “Let it Go” - mid-tempo. Quite different: by far the most melodic & listener friendly “song”. (4:06) 6 “Black Rainbow” - mid-fast. Raucous guitar & drum surround two verses of spoken poetry. Very dark. (7:11) 7 ** “Ruins” - mid-tempo to slow. Lots going on here: a very moody tone; spooky two-voice unison singing; the only real lead-guitar solo of the album. Challenging but intriguing. (6:00) 8 ** “Eavesdropper” - mid-fast. An instrumental sonic thunderstorm: loud, driving & intensely rhythmic, featuring guitars, drums, synths, space sounds, the works. (5:57) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Electric Sickness | 5. | Let It Go | |||
| 2. | Where in the World | 6. | Black Rainbow | |||
| 3. | Unpacking My Feelings | 7. | Ruins | |||
| 4. | Can't Sleep | 8. | Eavesdropper |