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Login Assistants, The / Fiction Album: Fiction   Collection: General Artist: Assistants, The   Added: 09/2009 Label: Self   A-File Activity Add Date: 2009-10-04   Pull Date: 2009-12-06   Week Ending: 22 Nov 15 Nov 8 Nov 1 Nov 25 Oct 18 Oct 11 Oct Airplays: 3 4 5 5 2 4 3 Recent Airplay 1. Fri, 20 Nov: Trent Kay The DJ Never Has It 4. Sat, 14 Nov: Ranger Rick Quasi Music Therapy in for Scatterbrain Radio 2. Thu, 19 Nov: Phil Andrews Palo Alto Pop Overthrow 5. Thu, 12 Nov: ric thomas in the groove 3. Tue, 17 Nov: Alan Everyday Commotion 6. Thu, 12 Nov: Phil Andrews Palo Alto Pop Overthrow Album Review Trent Kay Reviewed 2009-09-27  Cute little jangle pop EP from a bunch of Canadians who probably wish they were British. Happy, but not overly power-poppy. Let’s say “pleasant”. Classic Stone Roses guitar runs. (Most of the guitar on this record is not strummed.) Sounds like... the Go-Betweens. Really! Fans of Bishop Allen, Apples in Stereo, B&S, even the Magnetic Fields will appreciate this. Vocals a la B&S or the Smiths. Is that enough cross-reference? I hope so. no FCCs try: 1, 2 *1. catchy upbeat jangle pop w/corroborating rudder guitar and keys. mellow, dampered vocals. *2. mid fast. busy, shimmery, smiths-y guitar runs. happy brass. somewhat repetitive chord-climbing chorus. 3. bright guitar & low harmonies. lazy, noon nap sound. also dangerously approaches “country porch song” territory. it’s the vocals, i think. 4. kicks off w/solo electric riff. mellow & soothing melody. loads of pretty interlocking guitar. chorus has a simon & garfunkel vibe. Track Listing 1. Fiction   3. When The Rain Falls 2. Stop Dead   4. The Ghost In Your Skin