| Land Of Ill Earthquakes / Land Of Ill Earthquakes |
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| Album: | Land Of Ill Earthquakes | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Land Of Ill Earthquakes | Added: | Feb 2007 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-08-05 | Pull Date: | 2007-10-07 |
| Week Ending: | Sep 16 | Sep 9 | Sep 2 | Aug 26 | Aug 19 | Aug 12 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 13, 2007: | The Girls Are At Your Local Dive! (with Joanna S) Long Winter | 4. | Aug 29, 2007: | Where the Girls Are I've Been A Villain | |
| 2. | Sep 11, 2007: | Time Traveler Acres Of Fakers | 5. | Aug 28, 2007: | Time Traveler Acres Of Fakers | |
| 3. | Sep 05, 2007: | Where the Girls Are I've Been A Villain | 6. | Aug 23, 2007: | Emphysema For Emphasis Long Winter |
| Album Review |
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| Natalie Ruiz Tofano Reviewed 2007-08-05 | ||
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Lo-fi retro twee-pop cuteness! 6-7 person band from LA, recently signed to pop label Elefant Records (same as Camera Obscura). This isn’t an official release, just a mix they put together for us. Mixture of twee pop, 50s/60s retro surf, spy, bossanova – complete with trumpets, reallyreally sweet/heartfelt fem vocals, xylophone, keyboard, soft guitars, and a lot of hand-clapping and classic pop drum beats. Think super lo-fi mix of Belle and Sebastian, Aisler’s Set, Camera Obscura, etc. No FCCs Favs – 1-3, 6 1 – midtempo summer sounding (even though title is long winter); complete w/playful xylophone, fuzzy guitar, classic pop drum beat & hand clapping 2 – sweet and heartfelt, retro/lounge sound, mid-low-tempo; starts simple w/sweet vox, keyboard and tambourine, nice mixture of trumpets; great ending w/whole group singing along, uber cute! 3 – low-tempo, mellower and more somber song, vocals are more sultry and sad (but still cute and twee); mixture of jazzy soft drums and sad trumpet 4 – mid-tempo, slightly dancey and head boppy; great mixture of diff fem vox, electro keyboard, and of course hand-clapping and classic pop drum beats 5 – surf, 50’s dance pop feel; fem vocals and backups are fun w/lots of “oooh ahhhhs”; breaks into fun but slightly messy instrumental section of guitars, trumpet and percussion 6 – another retro surf pop song, but slower w/deeper and more serious vocals; electro keyboards sound great - echo-ey and eerie; and more xylophone! 7 – faster tempo than other songs; fast tempo in beginning, then cuts to slow guitar section and interruption of a messup and someone saying “sorry”, and cuts back; song feels incomplete, trumpet sounds off tune in beginning | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Long Winter | 4. | Don't Pose For The Picture | |||
| 2. | Judy | 5. | Amy's Song | |||
| 3. | Acres Of Fakers | 6. | I've Been A Villain | |||
| 7. | Bomb, Drop On Me | |||||