Description
1996 indie rock SOUNDS LIKE DEPECHE MODE, or a fine blend of dark wave electro pop and epic rock – a mix of Nine Inch Nails/Gravity Kills/Suede/Primal Scream/Pink Floyd/Porcupine Tree
This is the debut album by a band formally known as Poloroid whom EMI gave a 6½ million recording budget to and then promptly dumped them as apparently they couldn’t decide what to do with the resulting album. Figures, doesn’t it…The album was subsequently picked up by an independent label, Organ Music and boy have they snapped up a gem. They then licensed it to M.F.N.Starting with 100 Degrees we are treated to 11 tracks ranging through a maze of assorted influences from Porcupine Tree, Levitation, Radiohead, Catherine Wheel, Duran Duran, Floyd, Nine Inch Nails – the list is endless. You can find bits of everything here, the odd thing is perhaps, is that it works, a marriage of 70’s pomposity, 80’s style and 90’s dance all thrown together but gelling to tremendous effect. Pretty bloody groovy! Kinda like an electro-Pulp on speed. Catchy, infectious, danceable and intelligent. Vocally, Matt Carey floats somewhere between Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor, but hey don’t let that put you off.
Track listing
1. 100 Degrees
2. This Month’s Epic
3. 25am
4. 90’s Itch
5. Virus
6. Desire
7. Sense
8. Soap Opera
9. One Million Smiles
10. Las Vegas Leg
11. Sense (Bonus track!)
Duration 59:32
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