Flower Machine, the / Chalk Dust Dream of the Tea Co
| Album: | Chalk Dust Dream of the Tea Co | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Flower Machine, the | Added: | May 2004 | |
| Label: | Microindie Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-09-20 | Pull Date: | 2004-11-21 |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 21 | Nov 14 | Nov 7 | Oct 24 | Oct 17 | Oct 10 | Sep 26 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 18, 2009: | That's Not "That's Not Bluegrass!"
British Rail |
4. | May 18, 2005: | Epic Soundtracks
How to Fly An Aeroplane |
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| 2. | Aug 02, 2007: | Fiction Romance
In the Glow |
5. | Dec 29, 2004: | Multiple Personality Disorder
In the Glow |
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| 3. | Jul 07, 2005: | SubbingForBaptism
Why not Stop and Have Some T |
6. | Nov 18, 2004: | Multiple Personality Disorder
In the Glow |
Album Review
Mandy Khoshnevisan
Reviewed 2004-08-05
Reviewed 2004-08-05
Chalk Dust Dream of the Tea Cozy Mitten Company
Mellow, warm, happy-go-lucky nonsensical 60s pop with soft British-esque vox. Hug everyone! Like variations on “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”: long silly names of songs, with childishly nonsensical images. (also said to be inspired by CA “psych-country” bands, and the Clientele.) Mostly flowing midtempos, a pleasantly blended mix of acoustic guitars and some elec. guitars with fluty “Mellotron” synths, other fun stuff. (note: not, apparently, actually from England—it’s just the aesthetic.)
1. (2:12) driving on a perfect shady day—midtempo acoustic guitars and perc
2. (5:00) more Mellotron synth and elec. guitars
3. (0:10) short fluty mellotron piece
4. *(3:06) a funky bassline, catchy
5. (2:50) “the city’s such a happy scene, it gets you high”—warm and squishy
6. (0:32) warm synth accordion morphs to metallic crashes
7. *(2:26) bit faster, energetic, twangy, some spacy noises
8. (2:42) grooovy: birdcalls, Mellotron, buzzy guitar, “airplane” sounds
9. *(2:44) shake those tambourines! Faster, w/ heavier bassline; sitar at end
10. *(4:16) slower, echoing, bell-like guitars; train stations in the misty rain
11. (2:18) folksy acoustic strumming over cushy sound bed (tune quotes Brahms’ lullaby?)
—Reviewed by mandy (la chanteuse)
Mellow, warm, happy-go-lucky nonsensical 60s pop with soft British-esque vox. Hug everyone! Like variations on “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”: long silly names of songs, with childishly nonsensical images. (also said to be inspired by CA “psych-country” bands, and the Clientele.) Mostly flowing midtempos, a pleasantly blended mix of acoustic guitars and some elec. guitars with fluty “Mellotron” synths, other fun stuff. (note: not, apparently, actually from England—it’s just the aesthetic.)
1. (2:12) driving on a perfect shady day—midtempo acoustic guitars and perc
2. (5:00) more Mellotron synth and elec. guitars
3. (0:10) short fluty mellotron piece
4. *(3:06) a funky bassline, catchy
5. (2:50) “the city’s such a happy scene, it gets you high”—warm and squishy
6. (0:32) warm synth accordion morphs to metallic crashes
7. *(2:26) bit faster, energetic, twangy, some spacy noises
8. (2:42) grooovy: birdcalls, Mellotron, buzzy guitar, “airplane” sounds
9. *(2:44) shake those tambourines! Faster, w/ heavier bassline; sitar at end
10. *(4:16) slower, echoing, bell-like guitars; train stations in the misty rain
11. (2:18) folksy acoustic strumming over cushy sound bed (tune quotes Brahms’ lullaby?)
—Reviewed by mandy (la chanteuse)
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