| Whales / Whales |
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| Album: | Whales | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Whales | Added: | May 2009 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-08-23 | Pull Date: | 2009-10-25 |
| Week Ending: | Oct 25 | Oct 11 | Sep 27 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 27, 2012: | InAcrossAwayFromMe Whales Theme | 4. | Oct 18, 2009: | Gumdrop Freight Train The Sum Of All Evils Pt 2 | |
| 2. | Jan 31, 2010: | The DJ Never Has It Ae | 5. | Oct 09, 2009: | The DJ Never Has It Whales Theme | |
| 3. | Oct 22, 2009: | New Playlist The Ballad Of Hardly Ever | 6. | Sep 26, 2009: | Scatterbrain Radio Ae |
| Album Review |
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| Trent Kay Reviewed 2009-08-13 | ||
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What a weird little EP. Post-punk, psych, garage, and a classic rock edge... and somehow every track on this thing sounds like a different band. I hate to compare these guys to Bauhaus, but. Atmospheric, minimalist, some cultish chants, the most prominent instrument is usually drums. Wavering, off-key, at times distorted vocals. Whales are Ryan Adlaf & John Nixon, out of LA. Other than that, I have no idea where they dropped from. Their MySpace link is invalid. I can’t find their label either. They are veritably absent from the intertubes. This is the way local music should be! try: 3, 2 FCC: 4 1. “whoa whoa whoa whoa whales”? short & silly introducing-the-band pop punk song. hollow drums, driving guitar, high keys. *2. faster/chaotic psych rock. garagey electric, quick drumrolls, echo-back vocals, really exuberant “ooh!”s. *3. goth rock. stick-drums and an eerie/repetitive “bela lugosi’s dead” guitar lick. witchy munchkin/chipmunk vocals. chanty emo chorus: “i wish i was dead / i want to disappear”, etc. 4. FCC weird electro. snappy drum machine & bass. callbacky verse, handclaps, thin shrill guitar doubles vocal melody. a little like gang of four. 5. bright, melancholy emopop sound. cricket-noise percussion, mainstreamy vocals and shimmery guitar. a heavier chorus, then a post-punky guitar bit / bridge. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Whales Theme | 3. | The Sum Of All Evils Pt 2 | |||
| 2. | The Ballad Of Hardly Ever | 4. | Ae | |||
| 5. | Kimbo | |||||