Leo, Ted And The Pharmacists / Brutalist Bricks, The
| Album: | Brutalist Bricks, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Leo, Ted And The Pharmacists | Added: | Mar 2010 | |
| Label: | Matador Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-04-11 | Pull Date: | 2010-06-13 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 13 | Jun 6 | May 30 | May 23 | May 16 | May 9 | May 2 | Apr 25 |
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| Airplays: | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 23, 2021: | suzi_emanuele-Manbrck_DEMO
Bottled In Cork |
4. | Jul 16, 2010: | Time Traveler (Best Indie/Pop 1st Half 2010)
The Mighty Sparrow |
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| 2. | Jan 13, 2011: | Daydream Disaster
Bartolomeo And The Buzzing Of Bees |
5. | Jun 28, 2010: | Palo Alto Pop Overthrow - Quarterly Retrospective
One Polaroid A Day |
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| 3. | Oct 05, 2010: | Daydream Disaster
Tuberculoids Arrive In Hop |
6. | Jun 12, 2010: | the denial hour
Woke Up Near Chelsea |
Album Review
Andy S
Reviewed 2010-04-04
Reviewed 2010-04-04
Vigorous, hyper-intelligent punk/pop/rock from the veteran indie-rocker and his crew. More of a separation between the punk numbers and the pop rather than the blend we've seen on his earlier stuff, but he's adept at both. A few dud tracks, but they really go at it on the feistier ones. My picks: 9, 8, 1. FCC: 5 –Andy
**1 - Aggressive pop with Brit-punk strained vocals; two false endings at -0:33
2 - Dark and frustrated with murky guitars; striking, sparse post-choruses
3 - FCC: "fucked"; mid-tempo pop-rock, with Dirty-Projectors-quirky vocals
4 - Grabbing rock number with summery acoustic guitar
*5 - FCC: "shit"; fun punk romp that plays with the restraint switch
*6 - Kind of cheesy pop song pushed through a punk lens, to interesting effect; sappy hook repeated ad nauseam at the end
*7 - Classic rock gets the same cynical punk treatment, again effectively
**8 - Pure, unapologetic pop (hand-claps and all) in a funkily cool RHCP mode; Ted checks out the bottom of his range for once
**9 - Well-executed Ramones-style upbeat punk-rock
10 - Catchy, paced, optimistic rock number
11 - Grizzly-Bear-meets-Nick-Drake washed-out acoustic folkiness; totally weird coming from Leo, but nice; ~20 seconds of crickets at the end
12 - Frantic punk-pop with grabbing vocals and eclectic instrumentals; fades out around -1:00 and starts back up
*13 - Tempered rock with striking dynamic range; Green-Day-style vocal hooks, big guitar and simple solo
**1 - Aggressive pop with Brit-punk strained vocals; two false endings at -0:33
2 - Dark and frustrated with murky guitars; striking, sparse post-choruses
3 - FCC: "fucked"; mid-tempo pop-rock, with Dirty-Projectors-quirky vocals
4 - Grabbing rock number with summery acoustic guitar
*5 - FCC: "shit"; fun punk romp that plays with the restraint switch
*6 - Kind of cheesy pop song pushed through a punk lens, to interesting effect; sappy hook repeated ad nauseam at the end
*7 - Classic rock gets the same cynical punk treatment, again effectively
**8 - Pure, unapologetic pop (hand-claps and all) in a funkily cool RHCP mode; Ted checks out the bottom of his range for once
**9 - Well-executed Ramones-style upbeat punk-rock
10 - Catchy, paced, optimistic rock number
11 - Grizzly-Bear-meets-Nick-Drake washed-out acoustic folkiness; totally weird coming from Leo, but nice; ~20 seconds of crickets at the end
12 - Frantic punk-pop with grabbing vocals and eclectic instrumentals; fades out around -1:00 and starts back up
*13 - Tempered rock with striking dynamic range; Green-Day-style vocal hooks, big guitar and simple solo
Track Listing