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i just got Team Boo from a friend this weekend, and i really like it. anyone feel strongly at all about them? similar artists i should get into? etc.

― JD from CDepot, Monday, 8 November 2004 03:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i strongly dislike them. emo indiepop. that song where they just repeat 'got me coming around on the other side' could cause mass suicide if more people knew about it.

― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:10 (twenty-one years ago)

My girlfriend loves this band and is always playing it in her car. Consequently, I usually drive.

― DOPESMOKER (smile), Monday, 8 November 2004 04:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i like them in small doses, but i wouldn't listen to an album of theirs from start to finish. "uber legitimate" is a neat tune.

― the surface noise (slight return) (electricsound), Monday, 8 November 2004 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

They look good on paper - the whole 2-person band organ+drums thing is cool. I personally can't stomach their vocal style.

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Monday, 8 November 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

If you like them, check out The New Pornographers, maybe...

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Monday, 8 November 2004 07:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Quasi is the obvious comparison. I read somewhere on ILM that the new Mates of State EP, due out this Tuesday, is very good. It's got a cover of Bowie's "Star Man" apparently.

― Derek Krissoff (Derek), Monday, 8 November 2004 09:59 (twenty-one years ago)

what i've heard from Volcano, I'm Still Excited, they sound sort of similar too.

― (jg) ((jg)), Monday, 8 November 2004 11:24 (twenty-one years ago)

I find their music very childlike, especially compared to other indie-pop shtuff, which may explain my taste for it, whereas I am turned off by most indie lala stuff. Team Boo is an excellent kitchen-cleaning-accompaniment album.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 8 November 2004 14:12 (twenty-one years ago)

I love them. Impressionistic lyrics, bizarre pop song structures, EXCELLENT musicianship (especially when you see them live, they don't miss a beat), and piles of joy, hope and optimism in their vocals. I think they are the exception to the rule that falling in love often turns your songwriting to shit. Marriage seems to have made them even more zealous about music. All of their albums make me *really* happy when I put them on, and each one so far has been a little better than the last one.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I enjoyed the live show but can't quite make it through their records. The New Pornographers suggestion is otm. More rockin' and way less irritating.

― Will (will), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

You people need some sunshine in your lives

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:05 (twenty-one years ago)

will OTM. really dug the show, never listen to the records.

― big baby jesus., Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:54 (twenty-one years ago)

The show was the most depressing thing EVER. How can indie kids listen to this and act like Vanessa Carlton doesn't rock their world?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

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