| Lab Partners / Daystar |
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| Album: | Daystar | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Lab Partners | Added: | Apr 2003 | |
| Label: | Big Beef Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-09-29 | Pull Date: | 2003-12-01 |
| Week Ending: | Nov 16 | Nov 9 | Nov 2 | Oct 19 | Oct 12 | Oct 5 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 15, 2016: | The Offbeat Generation Gold | 4. | Nov 03, 2003: | Fly By Night Magnify | |
| 2. | Jul 02, 2004: | Distraction-Limited After Hours | 5. | Oct 30, 2003: | 15 Miles til Sunday Speaks Ocean Floor | |
| 3. | Nov 14, 2003: | the discovery channel Riptide | 6. | Oct 17, 2003: | Distraction-Limited Still Shine on |
| Album Review |
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| johnn Reviewed 2003-09-30 | ||
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Bringing us some pretty decent shoegazer pop from Dayton, Ohio, the Lab Partners write songs with the pop sensibility of the Jesus and Mary Chain and the noisy-echoey-guitar-over-strummed-guitar approach of Galaxie 500. Both bands I really miss, and Lab Partners are a worthy reminder. While some of the songs are definitely a little too pop for me, other songs are gorgeous, well-constructed, and well-executed in terms of noise texture and melody. Think also of Slowdive/Mojave 3. 9, 4, 3, 6, 13. 1. mellow acoustic + voice pop song. 2. midtempo pop song with nice fuzz noise at beginning and end. 3. lazy and melancholic, ends with good noise texture. catchy. 4. melancholic w/nice reverby guitar melody. slow arching climax. 5. rockin’ groove and tremolo-ed texture straight from yo la tengo. 6. slow, spacey swing with epic build. nice organ sound. 7. midtempo, strummy. reminds me of late jesus & mary chain. 8. drony guitar noises building into a distant climax 9. **super sad, faraway vocals and strummed acoustic. gorgeous. 10. echoey guitar sounds producing a nice atmosphere. 11. long and slow 3/4, a sadness that goes on forever... 12. catchy sing along pop chorus 13. slow. intro of dissonant chords, then nice noisy twangy rock. 14. acoustic + voice. too sweet for my taste. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Gold | 8. | Riptide | |||
| 2. | Those Things | 9. | Ocean Floor | |||
| 3. | You Make It Better | 10. | Waves Keep Falling | |||
| 4. | Still Shine on | 11. | Furthest From Love | |||
| 5. | Magnify | 12. | Almost there | |||
| 6. | After Hours | 13. | Daystar | |||
| 7. | Sensations | 14. | Home |