| Ether Family, the / How to Get Lost... 1 of 4 |
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| Album: | How to Get Lost... 1 of 4 | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Ether Family, the | Added: | Jul 2003 | |
| Label: | Headphone Treats | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-12-29 | Pull Date: | 2004-03-01 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 22 | Feb 15 | Feb 1 | Jan 25 | Jan 11 | Jan 4 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 15, 2008: | Overthrow of PA Pop Overthrow (sub for Phil Andrews) Rot/Ego | 4. | Feb 09, 2004: | Fly by Night Rot | |
| 2. | Sep 06, 2004: | Short Song Marathon (2110-2200) Wish | 5. | Jan 30, 2004: | Memory Select Stephanie's Shoes | |
| 3. | Feb 17, 2004: | Meat Man Whistle Punching Sex Contest Rot | 6. | Jan 26, 2004: | Fly By Night Rot |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2004-01-03 | ||
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Great, great indie pop, a two-guitar quartet with male and female vocals, hailing from Atlanta. Energetic and bright. Great production and spot-on vocals. Similar to Olivia Tremor Control or Neutral Milk Hotel but with more rocking elements, a la The Kinks and The Who. These guys follow the Guided By Voices ethic of very short songs packed with rock goodness. Some tracks blend together, so watch out for weird segues. The band name is The Ether Family Presents, and all four members give themselves the fictitious Ether pseudonym. In real life they're from Atlanta and the two singers are married. The CD includes a Quicktime video of the making of the album. 1- Anthemic Who-like instrumental (17 secs.) 2*- Mid/fast, chugging, w/surprise vocal BURST near the end. My fave. 3- Mid/fast acoustic 4*- Midtempo. Upbeat and airy. Fem. vocal. 5- Cute '50s kinds of chords 6- Mid/fast; a calm uptempo shuffle 7- Midtempo w/wacky kazoo/sax ending 8- Rockabilly, kind of 9*- Glam-opera snippet 10*- Midtempo, w/pretty melody 11- Nicely digging guitars, calm harmony vocs 12- Midtempo; big guitars 13- Midtempo w/nice harmony vocs 14- Slow reprise of #5 15*- Midtempo 16*- Midtempo, female voc. 17- Mid/slow 18- Mid/fast, big sound 19- Fast and psychedelic-weird 20- Slow and sad, then accelerates | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Opening | 11. | Conflicted | |||
| 2. | Rot | 12. | Tangled Up | |||
| 3. | Ego (Prelude) | 13. | Billy | |||
| 4. | Driving the Sun | 14. | Roots (Reprise) | |||
| 5. | Roots | 15. | Stephanie's Shoes | |||
| 6. | Up and Coming | 16. | Collection of Dreams | |||
| 7. | Greener | 17. | My Voice Has Gone Out | |||
| 8. | It's Okay | 18. | Around You | |||
| 9. | That Girl | 19. | Wish | |||
| 10. | Picture Perfect | 20. | Opportunity |