Hmmm / I Only Want Love
Album: | I Only Want Love | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Hmmm | Added: | Feb 2005 | |
Label: | None |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2005-03-27 | Pull Date: | 2005-05-29 |
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Week Ending: | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Feb 13, 2009: | Memory Select
Trained Monkey |
4. | Nov 11, 2007: | Rorschach's Dance
Trained Monkey |
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2. | Jan 09, 2009: | Memory Select
Boxpeople |
5. | Apr 28, 2006: | The Top Shelf (sub for Natalie)
Boxpeople |
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3. | Dec 07, 2007: | Memory Select
Loop |
6. | Apr 27, 2005: | Strange Attractor
Boxpeople |
Album Review
Micha S
Reviewed 2005-03-23
Reviewed 2005-03-23
Experimental pop (in the words of one member of this male duo), surreal and theatrical. Wacky. Most tracks have complex styles. Socio-aware lyrics. Combines guitars, electronic sound effects and other instruments, with talking or singing, sometimes with relatively catchy melodies. A collaboration with Amy X. Neuburg (who sings in tracks 3,9). Featuring short bridging tracks with only sound effects (2,5, 7,10). Try tracks 4,8,9,11. No FCC violations.
1) Wacky. Distorted guitars/sound effects/male voice giving a speech.
3) Acoustic guitar/male singing, then some noises, people voices, and some more melody with a female voice.
*4) electronic effects accompanying a male voice giving directions in what sounds like a TV show, then a tune begins (actually a nice one).
6) Male voice samplings -> distorted guitar and sound effects as background for a male voice whispering.
**8) A cynical theatrical song about working in cubicles(Life's a loop). A simple electric guitar repetitive line as a background for a male voice.
*9) Slow Kongos, joined by a bass, lead to a dark tune. Cynical lyrics about soldiers.
*11) A choir that sings a dark tune with crazed up male voices on top, turns into a jazzy bit which changes again to something that sounds like it came from a rock opera. At the end the track returns to the first motif.
12) Bits of a song. Short bits at first, which become longer, until a song line is intelligible and then it ends.
13) A simple melody accompanied with guitars and drums. Ends with sound effects and an endless loop.
1) Wacky. Distorted guitars/sound effects/male voice giving a speech.
3) Acoustic guitar/male singing, then some noises, people voices, and some more melody with a female voice.
*4) electronic effects accompanying a male voice giving directions in what sounds like a TV show, then a tune begins (actually a nice one).
6) Male voice samplings -> distorted guitar and sound effects as background for a male voice whispering.
**8) A cynical theatrical song about working in cubicles(Life's a loop). A simple electric guitar repetitive line as a background for a male voice.
*9) Slow Kongos, joined by a bass, lead to a dark tune. Cynical lyrics about soldiers.
*11) A choir that sings a dark tune with crazed up male voices on top, turns into a jazzy bit which changes again to something that sounds like it came from a rock opera. At the end the track returns to the first motif.
12) Bits of a song. Short bits at first, which become longer, until a song line is intelligible and then it ends.
13) A simple melody accompanied with guitars and drums. Ends with sound effects and an endless loop.
Track Listing
1. | Machine | 8. | Loop | |||
2. | BRIDGE1 | 9. | Army | |||
3. | Trained Monkey | 10. | BRIDGE4 | |||
4. | Boxpeople | 11. | Justice | |||
5. | BRIDGE2 | 12. | Pray | |||
6. | I Only Want Love | 13. | Peas and Carrots | |||
7. | BRIDGE3 | . |