| Vaselines, The / Enter The Vaselines |
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| Album: | Enter The Vaselines | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Vaselines, The | Added: | May 2009 | |
| Label: | Sub Pop Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-01-10 | Pull Date: | 2010-03-14 |
| Week Ending: | Mar 14 | Mar 7 | Feb 28 | Feb 21 | Feb 14 | Feb 7 | Jan 31 | Jan 24 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
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| Album Review |
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| Andy Reviewed 2010-01-04 | ||
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Fun, raunchy, lo-fi pop-rock from Scotland with cute male/female vocal sharing and occasional punk leanings. Famously adored by Kurt Cobain, and major players in the development of lo-fi aesthetic and "shitgaze": these two prove that poor instrumentation doesn't have to deter you from prolific and clever songwriting. Disc 1 is the previously released The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History, which compiles all their completed recordings. Disc 2 offers three demos and two live sets, for those who want to go really, really lo-fi with it. My picks: D1: 1, 5, 7, 4, 8, 3, D2: 2, 12. FCC: D1: 14, D2: 14?, 15 (avoidable). – Andy Disc 1: 1 - 10 second growling distortion intro. Quarter-note snare hits and blend of jangly R.E.M. guitar with rougher parts. 2 - Jauntily rhythmic collection of guitars, very sing-song 3 - Drum machines and various elements of loving techno/synth-pop parody. All kinds of vocal weirdness, often sexual. Lots of fun. 4 - Fast and rocking pop-punk with loud, wandering electric guitar 5 - Sweet and catchy jangle-pop, mostly female vocals with nice chorus harmonies 6 - Fuzzy, apathetic funk rock with a long stretch of energetic chanting 7 - Somberly catchy, with nice string part 8 - Cathartic, blasphemous rock number 9 - Jaunty, folky pop with fuzzy guitar wall 10 - Lazy chanting and sighed choruses, with classic rock guitar 11 - Slow, with rambling electric guitar and two-part vocals 12 - Spacey, with bottom-of-the-range male and dainty female vocals 13 - Upbeat singalong with spurts of fiddle 14 - Rowdy, with loud guitar and call-and-response vocals. FCC - "fucking" 15 - Fast, pissed-off punk rock with nice guitar work 16 - Driving, muddy guitar jam 17 - Up-tempo with sprawling two-part vocals. Long instrumental 18 - Slowed down version of 4 with fuzzier guitar and lots of reverb on the harmonies. Not actually very bluesy. 19 - Determined, with catchy riff and regal keyboard solo Disc 2: 1 - Very straight rhythm with trebly, reverb-washed guitar 2 - Mellow folk-pop with effected male vocals, somewhat Belle and Sebastian 3 - Murky, reverb-heavy nursery-rhyme pop 4 - Rude introduction from the band. Straight-tempo, clean guitar. Ends at -7 seconds, then intro to the next song 5 - Faster than the demo (2), with electric guitar and a female vocal part in the choruses 6 - Cleaner vocals than the demo (3), mostly female, nice harmonies 7 - Lazier than original, with female backing vocals absent 8 - Replaces the drum machine and techno effects with vigorous electric strumming 9 - Fast, with quiet rock guitar. Ends -10 seconds. 10 - Some vocal difficulty but extra vigorous. Ends -6 seconds. 11 - Chanted male vocals, and long jam into noodling at end with intro/explanation to next song. 12 - Rough, growling guitar creates cool contrast with vocal harmonies. Ends -32 seconds 13 - Finishes with bass solo until -53, followed by lots of talking, and a hilarious introduction to the same song again. 14 - Pretty similar to 13, more vigorous toward end. Ends -52. Label information says there's an FCC, but I don't hear it. 15 - Big and pounding, with modified vocals and no female part. Ends -42 with a commentary on 70s revivalism with FCC - "shit" 16 - Stripped-down classic rock, lots of bass drum. Ends -7. 17 - Driving drums and guitar, punk vocals, long instrumental jam for second half | ||
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