Prefab Messiahs, The / Peace Love & Alienation |
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Album: | Peace Love & Alienation | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Prefab Messiahs, The | Added: | Dec 2011 | |
Label: | Fixed Identity |
A-File Activity |
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Add Date: | 2012-02-05 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-08 |
Week Ending: | Mar 18 | Mar 11 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 | Feb 12 |
Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Recent Airplay
1. | May 06, 2017: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles Sacred Cow | 4. | Aug 09, 2013: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles The 16th Track | |
2. | Sep 05, 2015: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: A Birthday-Long Show Desperately Happy | 5. | Jan 22, 2013: | Torpidity Whembilism Cousin Artie | |
3. | Aug 31, 2015: | Breakaway Year 1000, 8000 Beyond All That | 6. | Mar 17, 2012: | Buford J. Sharkley's Themeless Escapades The 16th Track |
Album Review |
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Deniz Cebenoyan Reviewed 2012-02-01 | ||
The Prefab Messiahs / “Peace, Love & Alienation” / Fixed Identity These are 8 remastered songs from the early 80s apparently. Lo-fi as heck, punk male vocals, very fun feel. Often times, a casiotone or just synth beat in the background. The real punch comes in the great guitar/synth soloing, really really great. Some really fantastic melodies, some of which even sound like improvised solos. Really great. Evokes genre sounds from the 60s, 70s, 80s. Not a bad track on the album, even the short ones. Enjoy! No FCCs detected. Favorite tracks: 3, 1, 5, 6 Individual track reviews continued inside. 1. *3:10 Spoken words in beginning background, catchy casiotone beat, great guitar noodling, punk vocals - cool! 2. 3:13 Very lo-fi doo-wop (occasional wooo wooo wooos) meets punk, synth tone in background which solos for a bit toward the end. 3. *3:05 Slower, really great melancholy synth melody over casiotone beat, vocals hard to distinguish, but such a nice general eerie sound. Live, so sound quality is a bit off. 4. 0:56 Sounds like they’re just saying “donut world” to a bass beat. 5. *3:05 Upbeat, and singing, and harmonies! Get out! 80s pop meets lo-fi pseudo punk. Electric guitar solo followed by synth solo! 6. *0:50 Great downtempo distorted beat, big drums, minor key soloing, effectsing, awesoming. 7. 3:13 Background sounds like a lo-fi “If you’re going to San Francisco”, harmonized chorus, pretty standard song. 8. 5:21 Uptempo, eerie tempo, sounds like the background to a high speed cop chase from the 70s. Intentionally dramatic doubled male vocals warning of the evils of Satan. Deniz Cebenoyan |
Track Listing |
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1. | Beyond All That | 5. | Desperately Happy | |||
2. | Cousin Artie | 6. | Prefab City Dub | |||
3. | Sacred Cow | 7. | Don't Go To The Party | |||
4. | Rice 4 A Shiek | 8. | The 16th Track |