Stares, The / Spine To Sea
| Album: | Spine To Sea | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Stares, The | Added: | Jan 2006 | |
| Label: | Web of Mimicry | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2006-02-12 | Pull Date: | 2006-04-16 |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 12 | Mar 5 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 09, 2006: | Rock in a Position
From The Sky |
4. | Feb 22, 2006: | Foreplay and Sex Wax
Disconnected Again |
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| 2. | Mar 02, 2006: | Eran Mukamel (Farsi spirituals)
Killing Time |
5. | Feb 18, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow
From The Sky |
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| 3. | Mar 02, 2006: | Rock in a Position
From The Sky |
6. | Feb 16, 2006: | Rock in a Position
Disconnected Again |
Album Review
Ben Wolfson
Reviewed 2006-02-10
Reviewed 2006-02-10
Dreamy, melancholy/romantic pop with some nice arrangements courtesy Eyvind Kang. Male and female vox, generally slow-moving melodies and tempos. Many of the songs (eg 1, 5) have a torchy feel, though they are not torch songs. The album as a whole is pretty samey.
Best: 1, 4, 6,
1: Sultry female vocals, glacial but excellent brass arrangement (love the French horn).
2: Primarily male vocals, this is more straight-ahead in arrangement, plodding drums.
3: Male/female tradeoff on vocals. Stirring string arrangement and chiming guitars.
4: Minute-long spare instrumental lead-in. Noiry lyrics; female vox. This song is very slow. Rises to a relatively intense (but no faster) climax.
5: Mostly instrumental in the beginning, full arrangement. Female vox.
6: Male vox. Upbeat (relative to the rest), with a more active arrangement.
7: Duet.
8: This track has a bass clarinet, which is good, but is otherwise fairly ordinary.
Best: 1, 4, 6,
1: Sultry female vocals, glacial but excellent brass arrangement (love the French horn).
2: Primarily male vocals, this is more straight-ahead in arrangement, plodding drums.
3: Male/female tradeoff on vocals. Stirring string arrangement and chiming guitars.
4: Minute-long spare instrumental lead-in. Noiry lyrics; female vox. This song is very slow. Rises to a relatively intense (but no faster) climax.
5: Mostly instrumental in the beginning, full arrangement. Female vox.
6: Male vox. Upbeat (relative to the rest), with a more active arrangement.
7: Duet.
8: This track has a bass clarinet, which is good, but is otherwise fairly ordinary.
Track Listing
| 1. | Disconnected Again | 5. | 1 2 3 | |||
| 2. | 8,000 Feeet | 6. | On Repeat | |||
| 3. | Killing Time | 7. | Fine Arts | |||
| 4. | From The Sky | 8. | Forget The Souvenirs |