Sound Technician: “I’ve got your guitar running through three reverb, two crunch, and twelve fuzz pedals. The vocals are so wet, it sounds like you’re in a sunken, hollowed-out submarine. I’ve got fuzz pedals on the drums for Chrissake! Don’t you think this is all a bit much? Overkill, if you will?”
Oliver: “Great idea! Try adding the Overkill, between the Annihilator and the Discombobulator. And while you’re at, is it possible to get some reverb on the reverb?”
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Not much else needs to be said. if the preceding dialogue doesn’t intrigue you, the music won’t either.
But I’ll make a few quick points anyhow. A Place To Bury Strangers is two things: 1) a band and 2) an album. The band is noisy. They made a noisy album. It is awesome.
Descriptors: The Jesus And Mary Chain plus shoegaze on steroids.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
A Place To Bury Strangers
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
The Boo Radleys - Everything's Alright Forever
The Boo Radleys are often considered a footnote. Dismissed by critics as a minor band riding the coattails of My Bloody Valentine, they have not been written into history the way many of their contemporaries have. To top it all off, Everything's Alright Forever is considered one of their lesser albums. A prologue to their "better" more pop oriented material. Luckily, the digital era makes revisionism easy as this album certainly deserves a place on your shelf (or hard drive) alongside their more revered peers.
Dense fields of electric guitar, rhythmic acoustics, and distant pop melodies certainly recall MBV, but with the more immediate drive of early Stone Roses. Further proof that blissed out electrics and strong songwriting are always a lovely match.
The CD is out of print, but thankfully emusic recently rescued it.
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