Foreign Spells
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| Jul 2012
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Mister Esquire
Reviewed 2012-07-07
Reviewed 2012-07-07
as reviewed by Mister Esquire.
indie pop/neo-twee cheese
boy/girl duo vox =pop.
70's&80's am radio influences, w/ a bit of twee.
(check out thier 2010 release 'enchanted chapel' =it's awesome!) come: hear the cheese!
FCC CLEAN.
RIYL: the archies,brady bunch, vaselines,et al.
MR. ESQ. SEZ: MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW!!!
PLAY THESE TRACKS: ANY/ALL/PUT ON RANDOM/THAT GOOD.
1. BEST TRACK: crunchy new wavey handclappy.
upbeat&rocking.
2. 70's cheesy goodness. the brady bunch gets dark...mal vox sounds like that guy from reo speedwagon.
3. very britty mid 80's feel. kind of a cross btwn jesus and mary chain and vaselines.
4. BEST TRACK II: surfy begin. a lot like veronica falls. jangles, epic. upbeat darkness.
indie pop/neo-twee cheese
boy/girl duo vox =pop.
70's&80's am radio influences, w/ a bit of twee.
(check out thier 2010 release 'enchanted chapel' =it's awesome!) come: hear the cheese!
FCC CLEAN.
RIYL: the archies,brady bunch, vaselines,et al.
MR. ESQ. SEZ: MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW!!!
PLAY THESE TRACKS: ANY/ALL/PUT ON RANDOM/THAT GOOD.
1. BEST TRACK: crunchy new wavey handclappy.
upbeat&rocking.
2. 70's cheesy goodness. the brady bunch gets dark...mal vox sounds like that guy from reo speedwagon.
3. very britty mid 80's feel. kind of a cross btwn jesus and mary chain and vaselines.
4. BEST TRACK II: surfy begin. a lot like veronica falls. jangles, epic. upbeat darkness.
Recent airplay
Darker Blue Bayou
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Meow After Midnight: The Best Of 2012 — Jan 02, 2013
Darker Blue Bayou
Meow After Midnight — Sep 25, 2012
Darker Blue Bayou
Time Traveler — Sep 21, 2012
Touch Tone Lovers
The Paint — Sep 19, 2012
Dead Animals
Meow After Midnight — Sep 19, 2012
Charting
2012-07-21 — 2012-09-23
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Sep 23 | 4 |
| Sep 16 | 3 |
| Sep 9 | 1 |
| Sep 2 | 4 |
| Aug 26 | 3 |
| Aug 19 | 1 |
| Aug 12 | 3 |
| Jul 29 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Darker Blue Bayou | ||
| 2. | Dead Animals | ||
| 3. | The Devil's Baracade | ||
| 4. | Touch Tone Lovers |