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When I first noticed this album, I was excited, it seemed to have glowing reviews that went on and on about it's '60's sounds and classic vocalist, an excellent recipe for a pop album. Let's not kid ourselves, pop's standing as a legitimate musical genre has been cemented by Scott Walker, Ray Davies, Damon Albarn, John Lennon, Danger Mouse, Syd Barrett and others. All this album is is a pointless exercise in how to make pop unpalatable. After I listen to a few tracks, it became rapidly clear that this was not going to be a good pop band, but rather a tired, derivative, and, at its worst, shrilly unlistenable album. However, every once in a while, a band challenges this long standing high pedigree. The recent flood of poor poppists has done its very best to eliminate pop's legitimacy. The '60's sounds that were noted were nothing more than the occasional mod sound or flourish. The vocalist, while not bad, isn't actually that wonderful and certainly is not original.
This music made me feel light as the air when I first listened to the cd. Not your usual pop music, nor indie either. Just light and free and bubbly like champagne.
I just wanted it to jump out at me) to finally find it, and when I took it home and listened to it, almost every other song was just as amazing. I had only heard a few songs (Again & Again, I'm a Broken Heart, and La la la) from this album when I first bought it, but I really loved them and could never get tired of them. It took months of searching (idly, for those of you wondering. I love this CD and have yet to take it out of the stereo, even after two months.My only concern is the one song "Because." It doesn't fit their usually impeccable style, and she sings the word "prostrate" wrong. It's still a great song despite that.I would recommend this CD to anyone who loves music.
I found out who these guys were from the Apple video on YouTube. I bought the album and heard all the other awesome music The Bird & The Bee makes. It is definitely not your normal "pop", but utilizes atypical elements and sounds in their music. I particularly enjoy track 4 and track 6.
I also thought My Fair Lady was cute and clever. Soothing, laid-back, catchy.
Despite the 'Explicit Lyrics' tag on every single song, which threw me off, none of them are that bad (except the obvious title, which I didn't import). I guess the implications in a couple of the songs (like 'Again and Again') could be explicit, but -- oh well.
At first I had no idea why I ended up with this CD, but I'm glad I did. It's not your typical pop, more in the line of Emiliana Torrini or the Delgados with a touch of Jem.
I heard that song first when I watched the video on all the Mac effects, which is way fun, it's a catchy song, pulls off being repetitive well. What caught me in this CD was the style of music.
I've only listened to it once, but the ones I liked right off the bat are Again & Again, Because, and La La La. It's worth trying out; unless you're looking for hard-core rock, you'll probably like it.
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