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"A month of slumber, I dreamt I was younger, and rudely got woken up."

Among the bands that graced the Dunedin Double EP, blending their carefree spirit with influences from the Velvet Underground (The Stones), faded kaleidoscopes (The Chills), and youthful alienation (Sneaky Feelings), the band led by Graeme Downes, The Verlaines, embodied their poetic essence with trademarks in their compositions. In particular, the instrumental interludes that occurred, for example, in "The ... read more

A new alternative to Power Pop was introduced to me by Jim Boggia (Misadventures in Stereo) and this album, enabling the adaptation of electric to acoustic rock—previously restricted to ballads in the repertoire—mediating the catchiness and tenderness; a demonstration of control over the genre's central themes: vocal harmony, melodic emphasis, immediacy, and, most importantly, creative singularity.

The acoustic aspect isn't limited solely to the predominance of the ... read more

Among Game Theory's various lineups, I'm most familiar with the one established from this EP through Real Nighttime.

Why? Mere favoritism.

Especially since Juhos isn't as prevalent a bassist as Gassuan, despite having compositions of his scattered throughout the band's releases—in addition to one of my favorite songs in the discography, "Faithless."

Gil Ray would be (and was) a better Gil than Dave Gil—who replaced Michael Irwin on drums after Blaze ... read more

A redemption arc for the onetime Orange Juice guitarist. He practices a new style: a response to Flying Nun's "Dunedins", incorporating spontaneity in expression and a reiterated basis for the arrangement, with the disparate alternative of adopting simplicity to describe peaceful lucidity.

When themes and images don't take center stage, the terminology characterizes the freshness of typical issues of the spicy tigress, the sun-drenched road, and the absorbed stupor. The ... read more