The Big Pink
A Brief History of Love
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AMG Review of A Brief History of Love
Tim Sendra
All Music GuideOn their debut album, A Brief History of Love, the Big Pink immerse themselves in all aspects of the first wave of shoegaze. The duo of Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell have doubtlessly made a complete study of the guitar music coming out of their native U.K. in the late '80s and early '90s and worked to build their sound into an impressive conglomeration of influences that's made up of components like the proggy excess of the Catherine Wheel, the guitar overload of My Bloody Valentine, the drum loops and dance elements of Chapterhouse, the dark, industrial sheen of Curve, and the epic sweep of the Verve but with plenty of modern production tricks. The influence extends to the vocals, which recall the expansiveness of the Verve's Richard Ashcroft rather than the dreaminess of the Thames Valley shoegaze contingent. Seeing (and hearing) all these comparisons may make it easy for some to instantly write the band off as record collectors or scene fetishists with no ideas of their own, but that would be a mistake. Yes, they are derivative. Yes, they are rehashing the past. This is key, though. They write really good songs and make them sound really good, too. That's the neat trick that allows them to escape the retro-revivalist label and that's why A Brief History of Love should appeal to both fans of shoegaze days gone by and the people who are still discovering the past and digging other groups who, like the Big Pink, are keeping shoegaze alive. The best songs on the album would do all right if stacked up against the work of their idols. Take "Dominos," for example. The thundering drums combine with an instantly memorable hook, the kind that makes you want to sing along before the first chorus is half over, to make it soar. "At War with the Sun," too, has a thrilling chorus and an uplifting feel, "Tonight" rollicks and rolls like a goofy cross between Jane's Addiction at their most pop and Medicine at their frothiest, and "Love in Vain" is a heartbreaking ballad that sounds like a second cousin of "Drugs Don't Work." The whole album isn't perfect; there are a few moments where things get a little predictable and the production is a bit slick, but these are minor concerns because the songwriting and performances paper right over the flaws. A Brief History of Love is a strong, sometimes really, really good debut, and a nice addition to the shoegaze canon.
Review: The Big Pink - A Brief History of Love (* * 1/2)
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The Big Pink is a band following in the tradition of many a commercially successful brit-rock band. Like last year’s breakout act Glasvegas, The Big Pink have for about a year now been releasing singles (some in Japan only) and creating both a popular and critical frenzy in the process. They even won the Philip Hall Radar Award this year, the same honor Glasvegas received in 2008 at the NME Sho.
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The Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love
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The Big Pink's 'Dominos' has been doing the rounds on the blogosphere for moons now and it is this song that put me off listening to this album sooner. Dominos is terrace-shanty type lager-boy drivel fest compared to the rest of this accomplished LP.
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Review: The Big Pink – A Brief History of Love
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The first thing you need to know about A Brief History of Love is that the only song on it that sounds like ‘Velvet’ is ‘Velvet.’ So if you’re like me and have been nibbling your fingernails down to a fine powder waiting for this album’s release because you happened to fall in love with [...]
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The Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love
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In the spirit of the album title, and the fact that I have a longer review going up on Sonic Dice soon, I’m going to keep this album review as brief as I can. The Big Pink are Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell from London and the chances are that you’ve probably read/heard about them [...]
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Video: The Big Pink - Dominos
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A new video from much talked about London twosome The Big Pink has been released in the run up to their forthcoming debut album 'A Brief History Of Love' (SG news HERE). The new video is for track three on the upcoming record and goes by the name of Dominos.
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The Big Pink Tour the US (...and Canada)
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Black & Purple Dominos;.http://musicfromthebigpink.com/live.Go See;Neumos Seattle, Washington Doug Fir Lounge, Portland Venue, Vancouver Great American Music Hall, San Francisco El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles Detroit Bar, Los Angeles Casbah, San Diego Larimer Lounge, Denver 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis Empty Bottle, Chicago Magic Stick, Detroit Lee's Palace, Toronto La Sala Rossa, Montreal Paradi...
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Hear the new Big Pink Album - A Brief History of Love...
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Listen to the new album here;...http://musicfromthebigpink.com/.A Brief History Of Love, the debut album from The Big Pink, will be released by 4AD on September 14th (22nd in the US). It was recorded and self-produced at Electric Lady Studios in New York earlier this year and with help from an ever-evolving line-up, they have engineered a sound that marries an anthemic pop sensibility with fie...
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My Latest Pink Obsession
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The Big Pink finally sunk in to my thick skull. It took posts from Neill, Marigold & Dachmo(last two, over on the dark side) to finally get me hooked. Marigold had posted a pre-album download which was less than stellar(not his fault, just what was available). Dachmo then posted the official album & the difference was incredible.I was encouraged to give it another listen & chance by Dach, and bei
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Listen to the new album here;...http://musicfromthebigpink.com/.A Brief History Of Love, the debut album from The Big Pink, will be released by 4AD on September 14th (22nd in the US). It was recorded and self-produced at Electric Lady Studios in New York earlier this year and with help from an ever-evolving line-up, they have engineered a sound that marries an anthemic pop sensibility with fie...
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Game of Dominos?
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.A Brief History of Love (September 14, 2009) (4AD) "Crystal Visions""Too Young to Love""Dominos""Love in Vain""At War with the Sun""Velvet""Golden Pendulum""Frisk""A Brief History of Love""Tonight""Count Backwards from Ten"
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The Big Pink Tour the US (...and Canada)
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Black & Purple Dominos;.http://musicfromthebigpink.com/live.Go See;Neumos Seattle, Washington Doug Fir Lounge, Portland Venue, Vancouver Great American Music Hall, San Francisco El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles Detroit Bar, Los Angeles Casbah, San Diego Larimer Lounge, Denver 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis Empty Bottle, Chicago Magic Stick, Detroit Lee's Palace, Toronto La Sala Rossa, Montreal Paradi...
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The Big Pink - Big Sound
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One of the few bands I discovered through music video - MTV2 Subteranean. Fuzzy. Late 90's Brit sound. Static. Probably decent live.
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The Big Pink confirm debut album details, download free 'Dominos' MP3
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Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell, the musical orchestrators behind The Big Pink, have confirmed full details of their excellent debut album A Brief History Of Love which will be released by 4AD on September 14th. New track 'Dominos' available to download here: http://4ad.com/audio/thebigpink/dominos.mp3 Featuring previous singles 'Too Young To Love', 'Crystal Visions' and 'Velvet' A Brief Histo...
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New single from The Big Pink: Dominos
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The Big Pink are releasing a new single, “Dominos”, on September 7th, a week before their debut album, A Brief History of Love (09.14), finally makes the shelves. More details on that...**Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
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mp3: The Big Pink - "Dominos"
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The song "Dominos" is the latest mp3 from London duo Milo Cordell and Robie Furze, better known as The Big Pink. The duo will be releasing their debut LP, A Brief History of Love, 9/14 from 4AD. The Big Pink - "Dominos"
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The Big Pink to hit the big, bad road
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I think The Big Pink are going to blow up. If not in America, in Europe. The reason: Dominos. That track carries the potential and was made to burn through stadiums. So, see them now, because if I’m right and they go global, you’ll be thanking your lucky stars and bragging over drinks that you saw them when. Here’s the list of dates and the album, A Brief History Of Love is out Sept. 22n
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The Big Pink - "Velvet" and "Too Young to Love" (video) (Mixed Media)
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Here are the Big Pink, live, on something called "French TV", with two from their latest, A Brief History of Love.
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The Big Pinks Debut Gets Track-Listing
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The debut album from hugely up-and-coming London duo The Big Pink had it's title confirmed earlier this month (SG News HERE) and now, it's official track-listing has surfaced too. The eleven track LP goes by the name of A Brief History Of Love and was self-produced by the pair in New York.
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Video: The Big Pink - Dominos
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A new video from much talked about London twosome The Big Pink has been released in the run up to their forthcoming debut album 'A Brief History Of Love' (SG news HERE). The new video is for track three on the upcoming record and goes by the name of Dominos.
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The Big Pink – A Brief History Of Love
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In the spirit of the album title, and the fact that I have a longer review going up on Sonic Dice soon, I’m going to keep this album review as brief as I can. The Big Pink are Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell from London and the chances are that you’ve probably read/heard about them [...]
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The Big Pink Name Debut Record
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Give us a B, give us an R, give us an I, give us an E, give us an F. This is going to take too long. Let's just skip ahead and say that the new album from London-based electro duo The Big Pink will be called A Brief History of Love and is scheduled for release in September.
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