Antidotes
General
| Apr 2008
Reviews
David McWade
Reviewed 2008-06-18
Reviewed 2008-06-18
Pop. A bit of a new wave feel, occasionally mathy, influenced by a speeded up Roxy Music, Spandau Ballet, English Beat, Blur (by the way, they are British). Vocals are high pitched and effete. As you would expect, some songs are interesting and some are just so-so or embarrassing. Pattern is Movement's new record, Supersystem may also be reference points.
Highlights:
1 speeded up math pop, superficially like English Beat but geekier
4 kind of layered, light funk developing
**5 (CLASSIC new wave hit, somewhat memorable)
7 (starts rocking out about 1/2 through, let's go!)
8 Takes a long time to develop and then explodes into an uptempo
9 Seems kind of canonical somehow
10 short, meandering
11 develops, funky
12 silent track
**13 blippy cool mathy new wave
14 a lot like 13
Recent airplay
Electric Bloom
Music Casserole — Nov 05, 2022
Electric Bloom
Radiant Airwaves (rebroadcast from Jun 1, 2019) — Jul 09, 2021
Electric Bloom
Radiant Airwaves (rebroadcast from Jun 1, 2019) — Jul 05, 2021
Two Steps Twice
Radiant Airwaves (rebroadcast from Dec 12, 2019) — Jun 18, 2021
Two Steps Twice
Radiant Airwaves — Dec 12, 2019
Cassius
Radiant Airwaves — Dec 05, 2019
Charting
2008-08-03 — 2008-10-05
Electronic
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 28 | 1 |
| Aug 31 | 2 |
| Aug 24 | 1 |
| Aug 17 | 1 |
| Aug 10 | 4 |
Track listing
| 1. | The French Open | ||
| 2. | Cassius | ||
| 3. | Red Socks Pugie | ||
| 4. | Olympic Airwaves | ||
| 5. | Electric Bloom | ||
| 6. | Balloons | ||
| 7. | Heavy Water | ||
| 8. | Two Steps Twice | ||
| 9. | Big Big Love (Fig. 2) | ||
| 10. | Like Swimming | ||
| 11. | Tron | ||
| 12. | Hummer | ||
| 13. | Mathletics |