And right underneath "Black Keys" in my iTunes is Black Tambourine.
D.C. area band that was on Slumberland, you know,that label that has the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Imagine if you wanted to listen to an album like Pains that wasn't terrible - you'd have this. Fuzzy guitars, female vocals recorded in an echo chamber with beautifully obscured lyrics, some loud drums, and happy pop melodies. Actually, I take back that Pains reference, this group shouldn't be lowered to Pains of Being Pure my art standards. Hmmm, maybe early MBV meets Vivian Girls? I don't know, it's just good.
And it says complete recordings, which it turns out is only 10 songs. And its over in 25 minutes. They released a single, an ep, some tracks for comps, and one unreleased jam. Pitchford says its being re-released soon, so let's find out how some more bonus tracks sound in the coming month er something.
jeez, that was a terrible sentence. Oh well, you keep on keepin' on, like takin' a fortune cookie that says "you will die in a firey explosion" and makin' sure you live up to that...
anyways, this is a good album here and I can't recommend it enough. Hell, I can send it to ya if you want...
OH!
FYI:FYE
The songs are not in chronological order, so it starts off with the fantastic song "For Ex-Lovers Only", but then goes into songs from another EP, kinda like Stereolab's "Switched On" (which I still need to review). yeah! but also like "Switched On", this tracklist works just fine. Just thought YOU should know.
OVERALL RATING - toaster strudel
KEY TRACKS - for ex-lovers only, throw aggi off the bridge, pack you up
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