Everybody Wants to Know
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| Jun 2001
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Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2001-08-17
Reviewed 2001-08-17
A copy of my "dj review":
Local “overlooked” for ten years mood rockers. Just a few guys who understand fuzz guit (but are anchored by acoustic ones), simple 4/4 rock beats, and understated vocals, to create lush and dreamy somehow simple but complex (?!) rock. Always way more popular elsewhere (esp. Europe) they keep a very low profile and seem like a 4AD band (the V23’esque cover art on this latest doesn’t help matters). I first saw them in ’93 headlining w/ His Name Is Alive at the Kennel Club. Appropriate bill, think along those lines. This release is more evolved and incorporates keys/electronics well. Their downbeat acoustic strumming is officially a trademark sound; nice to see it evolve so exquisitely. All great, all mostly mid paced. 1) mid 4/4 fuzzy guits, piano 2) acoustic guit centered but fuzzy, slower feel but picks up 3) nice use of organs/synth, piano, dark yet upbeat 4) more typical Swell acoustic/fuzz guit feel, bouncy and bright somehow 5) downtempo electronic beat and drone bass, simple and looping, dark 6) dreamy synth and melodic instrumental quite a turn for them 7) upbeat and poppy, think Pavement 8) trademark heavy fuzz beat counter-balanced by acoustic pop guit, this is Swell 9) swingy funky rhythm, samples, noisy upbeat 10) same swingy funky rhythm, darker but still poppy and upbeat, false ending @~30 sec remaining, brief acous guit thing 11) another swingy funky beat, this one more electro feeling and commercial 12) electronic feeling, brief w/ pretty synths, like pt 2 of track 6
Local “overlooked” for ten years mood rockers. Just a few guys who understand fuzz guit (but are anchored by acoustic ones), simple 4/4 rock beats, and understated vocals, to create lush and dreamy somehow simple but complex (?!) rock. Always way more popular elsewhere (esp. Europe) they keep a very low profile and seem like a 4AD band (the V23’esque cover art on this latest doesn’t help matters). I first saw them in ’93 headlining w/ His Name Is Alive at the Kennel Club. Appropriate bill, think along those lines. This release is more evolved and incorporates keys/electronics well. Their downbeat acoustic strumming is officially a trademark sound; nice to see it evolve so exquisitely. All great, all mostly mid paced. 1) mid 4/4 fuzzy guits, piano 2) acoustic guit centered but fuzzy, slower feel but picks up 3) nice use of organs/synth, piano, dark yet upbeat 4) more typical Swell acoustic/fuzz guit feel, bouncy and bright somehow 5) downtempo electronic beat and drone bass, simple and looping, dark 6) dreamy synth and melodic instrumental quite a turn for them 7) upbeat and poppy, think Pavement 8) trademark heavy fuzz beat counter-balanced by acoustic pop guit, this is Swell 9) swingy funky rhythm, samples, noisy upbeat 10) same swingy funky rhythm, darker but still poppy and upbeat, false ending @~30 sec remaining, brief acous guit thing 11) another swingy funky beat, this one more electro feeling and commercial 12) electronic feeling, brief w/ pretty synths, like pt 2 of track 6
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Track listing
| 1. | This Story | ||
| 2. | Someday Always Comes | ||
| 3. | ...A Velvet Sun | ||
| 4. | Like Poverty | ||
| 5. | Inside a Bomb | ||
| 6. | I Don't Think So | ||
| 7. | East N West | ||
| 8. | Everybody Wants to Know | ||
| 9. | Call Me | ||
| 10. | Try Me | ||
| 11. | Feed | ||
| 12. | Why Not? |