Teetering somewhere between brash garage rock and sunny indie pop, the Grates' full-length debut Gravity Won't Get You High builds on the sound they introduced on Ouch. The Touch EP. Much like Be Your Own Pet, the Grates have absorbed all the bright, loud, immediate moments from the White Stripes and (especially) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, adding their own lighthearted, almost cartoonish twist: "Seek Me," "19 20 20," and the cheeky-sexy "Trampoline" sound like Karen O could've sung them in grade school. A lot of Gravity Won't Get You High's songs feel like foul-mouthed, sing-songy /p>
ursery rhymes, and when the Grates are at their best, their mischief is addictive. When Patience Hodgson sings "I'm gonna go like this to you/Lalala!" on "Lies are Much More Fun," you can practically see her waggling her tongue and making funny faces, while "Rock Boys" and "Science Is Golden" boast guitars that sound like blazing beams of sunlight. However, as fun as Gravity Won't Get You High can be, it has enough repetitive tracks and clunkers (including the, well, grating opening track "I Won't Survive" and the cryptic closing ballad "I Am Siam," neither of which plays to the band's strengths) to make the album more of a promising debut than one that actually delivers.
Some days I just cannot believe how fabulous my life is. How truly lucky I am to live in such an AWESOME city & be surrounded by a plethora of kick ass friends. I just want to bundle it all up and give it a bear hug! I'm so grateful. Here's a snippet of how awesome my life is: Sunday we had craft night w/ the girls @ Amanda's. Actually, her & her fiancé Todd are living at his parent's sweet apa..
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Karaoke, an unhinged rendition of the Disney chestnut "A Whole New World," to be specific, brought Australians Patience Hodgson, John Patterson, and Alana Skyring together as musicians, but that sap-soaked turn at the mike didn't exactly foreshadow the classic punk racket on which the trio would build its reputation. Friends since childhood in Brisbane, Hodgson, Patterson, and Skyring honed the...
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So we went to Spaceland last night to see The Grates I've been hearing so much about them but never really listened to alot of their stuff. We went there to do a interview with them before the show and they were all very cool a really goofy funny band. All around fun interview which i'll be posting as soon as the interview is done being edited and all that jazz...So I have to say this was one o...
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Who doesn't love australian indie power pop rocks? That's correct, no one. So check out The Grates because they are taste. Anyone who likes this should check out their entire album. It's an ecclectic mix of goodness.
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Some days I just cannot believe how fabulous my life is. How truly lucky I am to live in such an AWESOME city & be surrounded by a plethora of kick ass friends. I just want to bundle it all up and give it a bear hug! I'm so grateful. Here's a snippet of how awesome my life is: Sunday we had craft night w/ the girls @ Amanda's. Actually, her & her fiancé Todd are living at his parent's sweet apa..
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Last week I was listening to my Pandora station, when this peppy new song called "Science Is Golden" popped up. It was catchy, and spoke to my (inner) science geek. Turns out the Grates are just that- great at making catchy indie pop songs. I don't know much about them, but I'm professing my love here first to the mog-o-sphere.
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| 1 I Won't Survive |
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| 2 Lies Are Much More Fun |
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| 3 19 20 20 |
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| 4 Rock Boys |
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| 5 Howl |
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| 6 Trampoline |
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| 7 Science Is Golden |
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| 8 Feels Like Pain |
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| 9 Nothing Sir |
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| 10 Inside Outside |
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| 11 Sukkafish |
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| 12 Seek Me |
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| 13 Little People |
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| 14 I Am Siam |
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