| Codeine Velvet Club / Codeine Velvet Club |
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| Album: | Codeine Velvet Club | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Codeine Velvet Club | Added: | Apr 2010 | |
| Label: | Dangerbird Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-07-18 | Pull Date: | 2010-09-19 |
| Week Ending: | Aug 29 | Aug 15 | Aug 8 | Aug 1 | Jul 25 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 28, 2010: | the velvet futon I Would Send You Roses | 4. | Aug 08, 2010: | FLASHBANG RADIO: HIT EM WITH A FREEZEPOP Reste Avec Moi, Like A Full Moon | |
| 2. | Aug 24, 2010: | Bohemia Lives! The Black Roses | 5. | Aug 06, 2010: | Leland Lives! Vanity Kills | |
| 3. | Aug 22, 2010: | the velvet futon Like A Full Moon | 6. | Jul 27, 2010: | meltdown dance party Vanity Kills |
| Album Review |
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| Trent Kay Reviewed 2010-07-11 | ||
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It’s... the forgotten soundtrack to L.A. Confidential! Boy/girl Hollywood sleaze. Slick, slinky, skeazeball polished indie rock along the lines of, oh dear, the Raveonettes. The album cover pretty much says it all: sunglasses, martinis, dark & dry detective movie. The boy sounds like the love child between Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian) -- which is little surprise given that he’s freaking Jon Lawler (of the Fratellis) -- though I could be making mountains of the lispy/wispy Scots accent. Anyway, the girl can belt the soul, soul, soul. Loads borrowed from 50s boy/girl crooners, big band, surf/western, film noir, and good old land of sunshine shimmer/glimmer rock. Further hilarity: this band is already broken up. Nicely done, guys. try: 4, 2, 9, 7 no FCCs 1. ~5 sec to start. rollicky circular (well, galloping triplets) drum kit and beachy girl-vox callbacks. highbrow strings epicness. *2. saucy sax and sultry “la da da da da” chick vocals. hints of the pink panther theme. swinging, mid-tempo. on the heavy side. 3. chill cruise ship vibe. lazy high-beam guitar. faster, bustier chorus with sax. time changes throughout. *4. minimal/slow start w/plinky bassoon, ~14 sec in kicks into a mission impossible-type bells & bass mover. fanfarey (cue: kick line) big brass chorus. ends how it starts. 5. horrifying swing! vamps “hey little sister” against a big band backup. mid-fast electric guitars and parallel-move rude brass. 6. sudden, soft and chill start. shimmery cymbals and bells. very cocktail party. like, with a lagoon. slow 3/4, dreamy, fuzzy, melty, ‘ah’s. *7. succeeds in blending french swoon and western skeaze. light-touch, bells and guitar. FYI: the title means “stay with me”. over at 5 sec to end. 8. starts with heavy peanuts-theme (esque!) piano. gets a little old-time rocky. it’s like the beatles on the beach. heavy parallel-move chorus. repetitive. EARLY FADE. *9. dig-in snake charmer bass riff and slinkster western clang guitars. groovy, downtempo. 10. prim orchestral strings intro. rollaway 3/4 and military drum kit. 11. oh hell no. shimmery, l.a.-sleaze take on the stone roses classic. vibes + surf guitar + rolling stones quick-chord changes. ends with excitable sax. not bad, but not the original. what hey, i’m a purist. fun fact: trent can sign this whole song in ASL. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Hollywood | 6. | Nevada | |||
| 2. | Vanity Kills | 7. | Reste Avec Moi | |||
| 3. | Time | 8. | I Would Send You Roses | |||
| 4. | The Black Roses | 9. | Like A Full Moon | |||
| 5. | Little Sister | 10. | Begging Bowl Blues | |||
| 11. | I Am The Resurrection (Bonus Track) | |||||