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| | No Handle | | | Music Artist : | | Icewater Scandal | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | The Social Registry | | Release Date : | | 2004-04-06 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Klat
2. Muddy Blue
3. Shiny Gold
4. Banana Ssplat
5. Oh Shoot
6. See Saw
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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Submitted on: 2004-08-20 |
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| This album reminds me of Rodan's album Rusty, in that it only has six songs (two of which are shorter than 3 minutes, while the other four all run over seven minutes), and the style of music isn't too dissimilar. They used to be called AM Radio, and I kinda disliked the song I heard from them under that name. I decided to check out the new album anyway, thinking I'd just hear one song and lose interest, but I liked the first song, and ended up checking out the whole album. Klat reminds me of Sonic Youth and Shellac. The vocals on this one are very Kim Gordony. The guitar opens with a nice jagged dark disharmony, then finds its way to a rock riff that reminds me of Polvo and Rodan. It's the best song on the album. Muddy Blue is one of the short songs. The first minute is just pointless noise, then they make a decent pop song out of the next minute and a half. The most accessable song on the album. Shiny Gold is one-chord monotony on one guitar, while the other layers a fragmented uninspired lead part over the top. Worst song on the album. Oh Shoot is the other short song. It's ok. Banaba Ssplat starts out as a slightly bluesy rocker, then disappears into one-chord soundscapey monotony pretty fast. I wish they put more effort into giving their songs a more focussed melodic flow. More intricate composition and less jam-band lameness. They clearly have some great pop instincts, but too often they let pretention override them. See Saw is very Catpowery in the simple two-chord base and vocals. It feels a bit pointlessly drawn out and simple, but it's still nice to listen to. Some of the lead guitar bits are nice. |
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