| Kramies / European, The |
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| Album: | European, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Kramies | Added: | Dec 2011 | |
| Label: | Hidden Shoal | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-03-02 | Pull Date: | 2012-05-05 |
| Week Ending: | Apr 29 | Apr 15 | Apr 8 | Mar 25 | Mar 18 | Mar 11 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 06, 2012: | There and Back Again Coal Miners Executive Club | 4. | Apr 08, 2012: | Synthesis Coal Miners Executive Club | |
| 2. | Apr 25, 2012: | The Independent Mind Inventors | 5. | Apr 06, 2012: | There and Back Again The European | |
| 3. | Apr 12, 2012: | Synthesis Coal Miners Executive Club | 6. | Apr 01, 2012: | Synthesis Coal Miners Executive Club |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2012-02-26 | ||
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Kramies is a one-man show: an indie/folky singer-songwriter-guitarist with synthesizer. Imagine Donovan sitting in with an 80s synth-pop group. The style here is unusual and interesting: the guitar generally just a strummed acoustic, but the backing keyboard work is rich and orchestral. The guy can sing pretty well too. No FCC issues. 1 Slow & hypnotic. Vocal is a short, repeated chorus, sung in a trance like mood. In the background, an electronic tone and static. Track ends with these noises fading out. (2:20) 2 * Mid slow. Pop. Good multi-layered male vocal. Simple guitar strumming, but big soaring synthesizers, including both a synth’d string section and an organ tone. (5:25) 3 ** Mid to quick 6/8. Pretty good folk-pop song. Melody is nice; lyrics a bit hard to make out. Synth has a bell-like tone. (3:15) 4 *** Up-tempo & catchy. A happy spirit to it, but also a dreamy & foggy sound quality. A lot going on: syncopated drum machine, a piano for the first time, big soaring synths. By far the most interesting song on the record, a positive lyric, definitely the best vox. (4:15) 5 maybe * Very slow. Again a mix of strumming guitar & space-age synths. A pleasant feeling haze, but a bit tedious. (4:08) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Intro | 3. | Inventors | |||
| 2. | The European | 4. | Coal Miners Executive Club | |||
| 5. | Antiquarian Days | |||||