Too Beautiful To Work
Reviews
Kyle Vandenberg
Reviewed 2011-05-21
Reviewed 2011-05-21
Cloyingly sweet synth-pop, with crooning, barely intelligible female vocals, sometimes with darker/rawer (rawr?) instrumentals. Pretty similar to Au Revoir Simone, but less straightforward with the instrumentals. FCC clean. Try 1, 5, 7, 8
1) Very light, bubbly, and frenetic, until the ending puts a darker spin on the melody. 2) A flurry of sound, with drums, heaps of chimes, and swiftly strummed guitar. 3) Calm vocals, echo-y and chaotic instrumentals. 4) Glockenspiel with foreboding guitars. I can’t fit a mood to this one. 5) Instrumentals take a backseat to vocals in the first and third parts; trombone solo in the middle. Mysterious and intriguing!
6) Distinctive, distant-sounding beat, and low audio quality vocals. Slightly exotic sound. 7) Satisfying, full-sounding harmonies in the chorus, outer space-like on the verses. 8) Short and sweet. Sky-high vocals with guitar, whistles, light trombone. 9) Like a musical afterthought; soft instrumentals and light vocals. 10) Light shaker percussion, cool (as in temperature) keyboard.
Kyle Vandenberg
1) Very light, bubbly, and frenetic, until the ending puts a darker spin on the melody. 2) A flurry of sound, with drums, heaps of chimes, and swiftly strummed guitar. 3) Calm vocals, echo-y and chaotic instrumentals. 4) Glockenspiel with foreboding guitars. I can’t fit a mood to this one. 5) Instrumentals take a backseat to vocals in the first and third parts; trombone solo in the middle. Mysterious and intriguing!
6) Distinctive, distant-sounding beat, and low audio quality vocals. Slightly exotic sound. 7) Satisfying, full-sounding harmonies in the chorus, outer space-like on the verses. 8) Short and sweet. Sky-high vocals with guitar, whistles, light trombone. 9) Like a musical afterthought; soft instrumentals and light vocals. 10) Light shaker percussion, cool (as in temperature) keyboard.
Kyle Vandenberg
Recent airplay
Canary
Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Jun 3, 2011) — Apr 04, 2022
Canary
Wee Animalcules (rebroadcast from Jun 3, 2011) — Jun 26, 2021
What Mercy Is
Not That Simple — Jul 13, 2011
Cold Canda
feelin' the music — Jul 12, 2011
Too Beautiful To Work
Not That Simple — Jun 29, 2011
Cold Canda
There and Back Again — Jun 25, 2011
Charting
2011-05-14 — 2011-07-16
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jul 17 | 2 |
| Jul 3 | 1 |
| Jun 26 | 1 |
| Jun 19 | 2 |
| Jun 12 | 2 |
| Jun 5 | 4 |
| May 29 | 3 |
| May 22 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Too Beautiful To Work | ||
| 2. | Worth Mentioning | ||
| 3. | Tiny Head | ||
| 4. | Moodslayer | ||
| 5. | Canary | ||
| 6. | Spherical Mattress | ||
| 7. | Cold Canda | ||
| 8. | What Mercy Is | ||
| 9. | I Need Mirrors | ||
| 10. | Seeing Things |