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    The Woolen Spires

    (1999)

    Reviewed by Conrad

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    Label Burnt Toast Vinyl / Velvet Blue MusicDecapolis1999
    indie poplo-fi

    This creative music is really hard to classify. First off, it's electronic pop - kind of. The recording is so homemade that the album has a warm, old feel. This gives it the feel that is was recorded in the early seventies. Even though it's highly electronic, it has a Monkees and Turtles (that old song "So Happy Together") kind of feel to it. The songs are really short. And even though it's pop, the melodies could have been catchier. For you artsy-type music listeners, this one is for you.

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    Other coverage for this album

    Decapolis 1999Reviewed by Tom BastianLow-fi indie pop. If this wasn't so low-fi I would probably dig it a lot more. What kind of went through my mind while listening to this was, "If the Monkees were a DIY indie rock band, and their CDs were not so produced, and if they experimented more with electronic devices, then they may sound like this." The vocals have a little bit of a twang to them as well. Some of the songs really stood…Decapolis 1999Reviewed by Matt AThe first thing I thought of when I listened to this was, "This sounds a lot like the Flaming Lips," and that thought continued through the CD, which isn't a bad thing. I really like the new Flaming Lips record. Although the production quality on this isn't all that great, the songs themselves are well-written and interesting. I'm not sure if I'd buy this, only because I don't listen to a lot of…Decapolis 1999Reviewed by Matt R.Where their first record's novelty wore off quick, turning into an incohesive and boring feast after only a couple listens, the Woolen Spires has the potential to grow on the listener. Lo-Fi, yet more accessible than their previous songs, they create a unique twist on pop music, taking the traditional pop song and adding scholarly words and surprising elements of feedback and noise. Fans of the…

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