If you ever wondered what it would've been like if Teenage Fanclub skipped a couple records and recorded "Grand Prix" straight after "A Catholic Education", then this album is your answer! This is the debut album from this Brazilian quartet and it contains eight top-notch TFC/Big Star-influenced songs with a fuzzy sound that also recalls Smudge and even Ride at times (their shoegazer tendencies are also hinted at by their cover of the Stone Roses classic, "Elephant Stone"). Like the band's name suggests, the songs are full of energy and loads of melody, and pretty much every song on this album is a winner, so I won't even bother to list the highlights. Oh man, is this ever good!
(published by www.indiepages.com-review on February 14, 2005 )
Esse CD me fez voltar no tempo. 1992. Uma cena incipiente, tudo começando no Brasil. Fanzines xerocados, cartas, raros sêlos que lançavam apenas fitas K-7, alguns festivais começando a despertar um certo espírito de comunidade (Juntatrtibo, BHRIF), e muitas bandas adolescentes tentando imitar seus ídolos ingleses, mas sem dominar direito seus equipamentos e a língua estrangeira mais usada pra expressa a música rock e os sentimentos cotidianos de jovens do mundo todo. Todo muito amador e espontâneo, talvez por isso tão criticado por jornalistas musicais mais velhos, que não compreendiam aquilo tudo e não conseguiam sentir o "espírito juvenil".
Doze anos depois estou aqui ouvindo exatamente o que várias bandas da época queriam fazer, mas a "tosqueira" impedia. Um som maduro, bem tocado e bem gravado, melodias perfeitas e arranjos que valorizam essas melodias baseadas em Jesus & Mary Chain, Ride, Teenage Fanclub e Stone Roses. Finalmente devemos mais anda às bandas gringas e a inocência se foi. Hoje sabemos como fazer, porque e pra quê fazer esse tipo de música, e a resposta está dentro de cada um.
Se você não sabe, comece ouvindo "Driving Music" pra ver se entende, mas é simples: é o mesmo motivo que leva um amante de jazz a tocar música instrumental, um metaleiro a tocar heavy ou um cowboy a tocar country music. Primeiro vem a vontade, talvez mais tarde essas pessoas pensem em "mercado" (gravadoras, empresários, etc). Primeiro a música, depois "o resto".
(Published by Rafael Jr. : 2004-10-05 - site derock.com.br)
are you excited for addy to move?i wasnt for keifer but i guess yesterday he went to go visit and refused to back to the 2s and stayed with sharen the hole day! i think addy will do fine because she is very sassy so the bigger kids wont pick on her:)she moves monday? you gonna be able to help her out? did you ever start on them online survey things i told you about? i hope you did, i just another check, this was for $237 from 2 weeks ago. if you didn't yet, pshhh, get on it; i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is again:
Hi there! We've got a new EP that we're especially proud of called Summer which is the second in our series of seasonal EPs this year. We'd love for you to listen to the EP online, and to do so, just click on the graphic below. If you like what you hear, we'd be very grateful if you'd support our efforts by buying the EP for €2.50 (around $3.20).
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