Noonday Underground / Surface Noise
| Album: | Surface Noise | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Noonday Underground | Added: | Dec 2003 | |
| Label: | Setanta | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-05-31 | Pull Date: | 2004-08-02 |
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| Week Ending: | Aug 1 | Jul 11 | Jul 4 | Jun 27 | Jun 20 | Jun 13 | Jun 6 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 02, 2007: | Biff Bang Pow
When I Fall |
4. | Jul 06, 2004: | The Literate Pop Fans
Nobody but You |
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| 2. | Sep 06, 2004: | The Longest Short Song Marathon
Friends of the Garden Pt 2 |
5. | Jul 01, 2004: | Hello Kitten
Go It Alone |
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| 3. | Jul 26, 2004: | Who Is This Dollar Bin Dem Speak of Today?
Nobody but You |
6. | Jun 28, 2004: | Dollar Bin: Yet another new quarter jumpoff
Nobody but You |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-04-12
Reviewed 2004-04-12
A revisit of very '60s mod pop -- echoey vocals, some Beatlesque frills (3), lots of Motown influence (6,8), and a very British feel. Toe-tapping and nostalgic, with crashing modern beats backing it all up.
Noonday Undergound is the brainchild of Simon Dine of Adventures in Stereo. He uses a variety of vocalists, mostly female, with Paul Weller singing on 8 and 13.
All tracks mid/fast unless noted.
1- Spooky-style instrumental, into upbeat fuzz
2- Minor-key, echoey psych-pop
3- Happy, with touches like harpsichord & trumpet
4- Hi-stepping go-go pop; a rework of "Happy Together"
5- Midtempo. Sad.
6- Poppish R&B
7- Jumping jazzy blip
8- Soulful sound, w/Paul Weller singing
9- Minor key, strong cloudy-day melody
10- Same as 7
11- Slowish, soft
12- Mod/retro pop trip, mostly instrumental
13- Midtempo, mysterious
14- Mid/slow with strings, a loungy closer. Spaced-out middle segment.
Noonday Undergound is the brainchild of Simon Dine of Adventures in Stereo. He uses a variety of vocalists, mostly female, with Paul Weller singing on 8 and 13.
All tracks mid/fast unless noted.
1- Spooky-style instrumental, into upbeat fuzz
2- Minor-key, echoey psych-pop
3- Happy, with touches like harpsichord & trumpet
4- Hi-stepping go-go pop; a rework of "Happy Together"
5- Midtempo. Sad.
6- Poppish R&B
7- Jumping jazzy blip
8- Soulful sound, w/Paul Weller singing
9- Minor key, strong cloudy-day melody
10- Same as 7
11- Slowish, soft
12- Mod/retro pop trip, mostly instrumental
13- Midtempo, mysterious
14- Mid/slow with strings, a loungy closer. Spaced-out middle segment.
Track Listing
| 1. | The Surface Noise | 8. | I'll Walk Right on | |||
| 2. | Go It Alone | 9. | When I Fall | |||
| 3. | That Noonday Sun | 10. | Friends of the Garden Pt 2 | |||
| 4. | Nobody but You | 11. | Barcelona | |||
| 5. | Windmills | 12. | Hitch Your Wagon to the Stas | |||
| 6. | Boy Like a Timebomb | 13. | Thunder Park | |||
| 7. | Friends of the Garden Pt 1 | 14. | Closing Time |