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like the first one. i'd place them closer to new order than echo and the bunnymen, who i never really got on with.

I'm telling you, if Arctic Monkeys hadn't released an album this year, this would be my favorite album of the year so far. Solid album front to back. "Lost" destroys me every time I hear it.

I was going to post that song Dale but all the other Mary Onettes posts have done it already. Yeah, this ...Oh no, I just realized the end of the year is coming up. Do we do lists? I can't imagine that we don't

echo and the bunnymen? not really. but i really like this. a lot.

Oh, we do lists. If you recall, I aggregated our lists from the first half of the year. I'd like to do that again.

Dale was the master lister - he rocked the list actually !!!

Aural Crack now that's a phrase with some pinache (sp)

It's panache, sis. ;)

& that would be why I couldn't find it in the dictionary (oh sheesh - did I just admit to a little OCD habit of mine) ????

;) Thanks Bro

It's those freakin' Swedes (and Dale's crack-dealing finesse) ... they do it every time!

I'm afraid to push the play button . . . heh.

i can definitely see the similarity on "slow", still they seem to take less risks than the bunnymen. i may be alone on this, but i dont see why the teardrop explodes are not getting as much recognition as the bunnymen. it may sound strange today, but in the uk the teardrop explodes were bigger than echo and the bunnymen back in the day. kilimanjaro is such a great record.

This is exactly why I don't read professional reviews.

I get my crack from my MOG homies. (I can't pull the word "homies" off, can I)

soulrocket Good album! I hear what you mean too.

Anna Anybody who's not from the Boogie Down Bronx looks funny saying that. A blonde white girl from the streets of Thessaloniki Greece shouldn't even think it.

ok, i am officially getting this. my goodness its so addicting.

Watch your smoke there, remember only do what you can handle!!

I've never been a big fan of the genre, but day-um. those tracks are way better then good!

This record has been blowing me away for about 2-3 months now. (thanks to Dale) Great post Dach.

Both tracks were great! They had a different style, and that shows a band that are willing to expand their horizons! Great voice as well! :-)

Lovely lovely. Thanks for bringing them to light for me. I had not heard of them.

Without a doubt with you on this one. I love The Mary Onettes to no end. I think I say that every single time anybody ever posts about them, and I can't say it enough.

What did you think of that new PJ Harvey?

Can't give it a fair shake just yet, David. I am loving what I'm hearing but then I've only given the whole album 3 spins by now. Many new CDs + time-consuming work = madness and things that stay wrapped in plastic for too long (like the other CDs I haven't opened).

i blew past this album as well - thanks for bringing me back for a listen. i agree with Max Load, Slow is definitley closer to New Order than Echo but Henry reminds me so much of The Church. The lead-in is absolutely influenced by Under the Milky Way Tonight

I will admit these guys have taken their cues from the New Wave bands of the past but it's alright by me. I'm still trying to find that article I read that really put them down but no luck, pitchfork didn't give them much praise but thats Pitchfork. When an album is this good does it really matter who the influences are? I don't think the guys in the band are trying to hide anything here.

I hope you like it!

all art borrows and builds on what came before it - often in ways that even the artist doesn't realize. i'm always surprised when i hear that fact cited as a reason to dismiss a band's work.

for me, if you're going to be influenced by someone you could do much worse than The Church

Thanks again for posting these tracks - i like them a lot