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Bent Shapes
Father Daughter Records
General | Sep 2013

Reviews

awyeh
Reviewed 2013-09-09
Jangle-pop with lots of garage and art/post-punk influences out of Boston. Most songs were initially released as singles or b-sides and there's considerable variety from track to track, so it's well-suited to radio. They're going on tour with John Vanderslice, fans might overlap; some vocal stylings, subject matters, and lack of being too serious remind me of the midwestern DIY folk-punk scene.

1 (FCC SHIT) (2:04) Pop-punky, a little jangly and snotty
2 (2:21) Pleasant, unremarkable indie rock; mellow, swinging, atypical nasal-baritone m singing voice
*3 (3:05) Upbeat, jangly, slick and poppy, backing "ooh la la" vox- your indie pop hit
4 (FCC SHIT) (2:21) Angry, snotty, sarcastic, loud; garage-punky
*5 (1:54) Twee, noise pop, just a bit surfy; fuzzy fem vox, tight rhythm; K records feel
6 (2:26) Chill, bent summery guitar sounds, skips right along
*7 (3:42) Happy sound, bittersweet/nostalgic lyrics, super jangly, great bassline, feedback features in second half
8 (1:41) Straightforward, upbeat, low-frills, fem backing vox
9 (2:21) Alternating M/F vox, not distinct
10 (2:16) Band members trade voc duties, melodic, poppy
11 (FCC SHIT) (3:04) Nasal vox, pounding beat, loud guitars

Recent airplay

Big Machines
butterscotch memoryAug 15, 2017
Panel Of Experts
A Family AffairMay 28, 2014
Panel Of Experts
Live Your LifeMay 17, 2014
Panel Of Experts
KZSU Top 100 of 2013Jan 02, 2014
Big Machines
Big Machines
Fight or FlightNov 22, 2013

Charting

2013-10-10 — 2013-12-12
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 15 1
Nov 24 3
Nov 17 1
Nov 10 4
Nov 3 3
Oct 27 4
Oct 20 4
Oct 13 1

Track listing

1. Behead Yrself, Pt. 2
2. Leave It Till You Need It
3. Panel Of Experts
4. Brat Poison
5. What Do You Get??
6. Hex Maneuvers
7. Big Machines
8. Bites And Scratches
9. Check My Vitals!!
10. Boys To Men
11. I Was Here But I Disappear