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April 03, 2005
Three Albums I Bought Today
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1. Mice Parade / Bem-vinda Vontade
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2. Luke / Nurse and Amaze (Can’t find a photo)
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3. The Radio Dept. / This Past Week
The Mice Parade I always knew was good, but had never gotten into before, but there’s something about this one that’s quite nice. Maybe it is the mood I am in as well. Maybe it is also the guest vocalists. The second track, Night’s Wave, for example is a duet with Christine of Múm. I’m not a big Múm fan, but I always thought her voice was their chief asset (refer to their cover of Slowdive’s Machine Gun on Morr Music’s Blue Skied and Clear compilation).
The Luke album is something I bought on a complete whim because it was released by Pop Biz, and beacause it had great artwork, and a label on it describing itself as pure Scandinavian acoustic pop mixed with electronics. It is very poppy. It actually borders on mainstream cheesiness at points, but hey, I bought it, and it’s still quite nice.
The Radio Dept. is something I heard on the listening station. It sounds just like Vitesse. Which I always said sounded just like The Magnetic Fields (or at least one face of the myriad musical personalities of Stephen and co, but carried out over multiple albums). So I guess that means The Radio Dept. also sounds like Magnetic Fields? I don’t know but it’s highly melodic, simple synth sounds with a dreamy, droney male vocal, a nice element of shoegaze, and a tinny sound with no low-end. It’s very listenable and I like it a lot, even though I kind of just ripped it didn’t I...
Posted by shane at April 3, 2005 10:19 PM