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I recently got the much-acclaimed Los Campesinos record from my favorite retail source:
Sam Goody (with 50% mark-up.)
It's a fun record. The songs are enjoyably short. '50s/'60s AM radio length. And as if that wasn't already enough for Eric, they're adorably British!
The best comparison is an upbeat version of the Arcade Fire-- think No Cars Go sung by Brits wearing rainbow hipster gear instead of all black. There's something else in there too, but I can't quite place a finger on it.
Anyway, enjoy and then go download it from Sam Goody at the mall. ($18.99 + tax.)
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I continue to be shocked/amused/heartened by this turn towards the British and the poppy by the Berklee-educated, Aja-loving Drischord.
(This has been on my list of things to check out for a while but I've got so much recently acquired stuff that I'm yet to listen to that it'll be a while before I get to it).
yeah, i tried to like this awhile back. too clever by half. Indigo Girls for acne-plagued indie rock scots.
i think i meant to say ani difranco for acne-plagued indie rock scots.
now i'm not sure either make any sense. i'm going to bed.
Don't get me wrong: I'd still take Aja to the desert island with me before anything that I've discovered in the past year. But, hey, at least I'm branching out!
By the way, Eric, I felt similarly heartened by your arms-length embrace of Chinese Democracy: Your acknowledgment that while it doesn't operate in a style you typically crave, it was nonetheless impressive for what it is.
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