My band's album was released at the arse end of 2001 and I'm just now getting around to sending out review copies. It's not a self-release but the label isn't big on the promotions side. Rather than just sending them out willy nilly I thought I'd see if maybe there's some publications (print and web) that people on this board write for that would be likely to be sympathetic to what we do (or cover similar types of music). I'm not necessarily looking for a good review, but certainly an honest one.
Here's a link to one of our songs, to give you a quick-n-dirty idea. Plus here's one of our other reviews. It's a bit gushy for my liking, but you get the idea.
So if you think that sounds like something you'd like to review, drop me a line and I'll send you a disc (the proper one, not some CDR "acetate").
― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 30 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― chippy, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― chaki, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― JM, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Jez, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― jonny, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
cool, i've had your CD for a while. It's a very good album. I got it through drive-in records in the US, they released a singel from a band I used to be in. Anyway, I bought a bunch of library records stuff, and liked your disk the best (everything was good though). I thought All Day was kind of a cross between pavement and the cannanes. It has some twee pop and some more epic moments. I don't have it with me, so I can't name my favorite songs, but if you like indiepop with maybe a bit of noise you should like this disk. I listened to it like 4 stright times in a row when I first got it, and that's unusual for me, since I get a lot of stuff and can't alway devote that much time to each disk. Anyway, good job jim
― g, Thursday, 31 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)
I like the Popguns comparison. They always reminded me of Velocity Girl too, which makes it even better.
Thanks Mr Grayson Lane. Just to make this one big love in ;) I've got your Drive-In 7" which I like lots. The Cannanes comparison is a good one I think. They're a band I have unlimited respect for..
Thanks to everyone who's contacted me so far. Your CDs go out on Monday!
Title: All Day
Label: Library Records
Sounds Like: The sound of autumn leaves crunching beneath your feet.
RIYL: The Go-Betweens, Belle & Sebastian, The Clouds
I have long maintained, to the point of almost starting fights, that Brisbane-born The Go-Betweens were the best band Australia ever let loose on the unsuspecting world. Their knack for subtle lyric twists, hummable pop melodies and songs that would infiltrate your existence, made them tower over others, their closest rivals only being The Church and fellow Brisbanites The Saints.
That said, any band that lays down the law with a similar (yet not overly) mix of harmonic singing, seductive guitar strumming and a lo- fi attitude that puts total structure over perfection of elements was bound to grab my attention. Tugboat are a Melbourne trio who manage to make a pop puree that, whilst hearkening back to the hey days of The Hummingbirds and The Bats, also seems to push forward. It’s warm and embracing with undercurrents of winter winds - like a Melbourne autumn really - and track four, “Don’t Care Really” is short and punchy enough to be a sucker of a single.
Most of the songs see multi-instrumentalist James Dean (?!) join drummer Bek Varcoe on vocals, their voices chiming sweetly but regret never more than two beats away. What Tugboat offer on All Day is 14 tracks of sublime music, music to travel to, as referenced in “The Sky Is Falling” and music to sit and listen to. In an age of disposablity, Tugboat provide welcome relief.
― Queen G, Tuesday, 26 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)