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2006-06-02
A “propulsive” trio , their follow-up to the 2004 debut is self-described as “more song-y.” Others might say they owe a debt to German experimental pop, but kudos for the chords and melodic movement are due to a year and a half on the road with few breaks for anything but eating and sleeping. Off tour, they traveled to London to record this album and hired a guy that has mixed some pretty big pop acts (NIN, Smashing Pumpkins and My Bloody Valentine). In stark violation of the pop rock rule that “if you cant say it in three minutes, something’s wrong,” the guys think their 5-minute-average songs are “worth soaking in.” -Pete
THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
The Age of the Understatement
Boo Ray
Sea Of Lights
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
MATT TEN CLAY & THE HOWLERS
Very Much Alive
DAVID LAST VS. MC ZULU
Musically Massive
VAN MORRISON
KEEP IT SIMPLE
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