| Soft Black / Earth Is Black... And Other Apocalyptic Lullabies For Children, The |
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| Album: | Earth Is Black... And Other Apocalyptic Lullabies For Children, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Soft Black | Added: | 07/2009 | |
| Label: | Plays With Dolls | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-10-04 | Pull Date: | 2009-12-06 |
| Week Ending: | 6 Dec | 22 Nov | 15 Nov | 8 Nov | 1 Nov | 25 Oct | 18 Oct | 11 Oct |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 13, 2013: | Hanna Bama Anastasia The Earth Is Black | 4. | May 23, 2010: | Uncross My Arms, or, The Unbirthday Tape Did You Put A Spell On Me? | |
| 2. | Oct 25, 2012: | New Noise I Am An Animal | 5. | Dec 04, 2009: | The DJ Never Has It The Flesh Of The Sky | |
| 3. | Jun 27, 2010: | It's The Lottery: Did You Get Stoned? I Am An Animal | 6. | Nov 20, 2009: | (Hey Neil I Think) There's Something On The Ceiling I Am An Animal |
| Album Review |
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| Adam Pearson Reviewed 2009-09-30 | ||
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Dark, kind of quirky pop rock. Alt-country, psych, folk, punk, and garage rock also get factored in. The vocals are dynamic- imagine Morrissey, Randy Newman, Jeff Mangum, and the guy from Against Me! in a punky blender. Vincent Cacchione wrote this record based off of his specific dreams and nightmares. There is a wide range of styles, so it is interesting, but some of the songs are not that great. It is definitely a genuine record and there is almost an element of lo-fi grit in here, which is likeable. FCCs on 5, 6, 8. 1. Jangly electric guitar, pop rock, repetitive vocals, some slide-guitar imitation, energetic. Somewhere in between The Strokes and … I don’t know – The Klaxons or some shit? (2:54) 2. Weird western/surfy feel to this one, tremelo distorted guitars. (2:46) *3. This track is good. Pathos-infused garage rock anthem with straightforward rock instrumentation. Great minimalist bass line and drums. Think Against Me! (3:05) 4. Slower alt-country track, does not really go anywhere, just bobs along. Pleasant enough, xylophones, barroom piano. (3:13) *5. Slower ballad, slide guitar, atmospheric, great vocal performance. Shame about two FCCs. (4:18) 6. A little Neil Young, kind of sloppy, more rockin’, more alt-country pedal steel. One FCC. (1:57) 7. Dreamy backing vocals, a little slower, glock in there, mellow, modest. (3:30) 8. Folk blues pop, huge FCC(3:04) *9. Upbeat, delayed guitars, huge riffs, catchy alt-country rock; another strong vocal performance (kind of punky). Guitars sound great on this one. (3:53) 10. Slower, humming strings, about nightmares, predictable build to wailing, guitars, production is bad on this track. Fades out about 20 seconds early. (5:23) | ||
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