Pow! / Fight Fire
| Album: | Fight Fire | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Pow! | Added: | Apr 2015 | |
| Label: | Castle Face Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2015-08-07 | Pull Date: | 2015-10-09 |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 11 | Oct 4 | Sep 20 | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 16, 2023: | Buford J. Sharkley Presents: As Told to Hervey Okkles
Liquid Daydream |
4. | Dec 17, 2015: | In The Year One Thousand, Eight Thousand: Best of 2015 [FQ1511-1]
Here Comes The Spade |
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| 2. | Jul 31, 2021: | Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Sep 12, 2015)
Here Comes The Spade |
5. | Oct 14, 2015: | Home on the Range
Liquid Daydream |
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| 3. | Jun 22, 2016: | a strange pursuit
Cold Blooded Judge, Eyesight |
6. | Oct 11, 2015: | Meow
Eyesight |
Album Review
Telepathic Juan
Reviewed 2015-08-08
Reviewed 2015-08-08
San Francisco’s Pow!’s new recording is titled Fight Fire. For their second album, the band continues their exploration of dystopia using synth-punk and pop melodies as blueprints for their music. Fight Fire might sound ill-disposed, but it’s an accessible, well-constructed, energetic, and even danceable record. From the press release:
“The songs are at their core razor sharp punk, but are fleshed out with inventive and catchy synth work - and the floating bits of atmospheric expansion between tracks only serve to heighten the paranoid atmosphere”.
RIYL: Units, Damaged Bug, Stalls, Chrome, and, Jack Name.
FCC CLEAN!
Recommended Tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 12
1. (3:00) The Heart & The Spade – Accelerated electro-punk starter with crunchy guitars and 80’s pop touches.
2. (4:02) **Eyesight – Synth-punk all the way. Great rhythm. Units would be proud.
3. (3:20) **Liquid Daydream – Fast tempo tune with great rhythmic structure. Cool Guitars. Catchy as hell.
4. (1:17) Floating on a Block of Ice – Late 1970’s inspired synth driven transitional piece. Spacey.
5. (3:40) *Static (oh no ok) – Hermetic and repetitive. Ritualistic drumming. Sounds very early1980’s San Francisco post-punk.
6. (1:19) *Rise Up From the Center of The Rising Sea – Dense punker driven by intense drumming and synthesizer noises.
7. (1:46) Surrender – Noisy transitional piece with found sounds and a stupid French accent.
8. (2:19) At the Dock – Layers of appliance noises, reverse recordings and other studio trickeries.
9. (2:26) *2000 Now! – Synth driven post-punker with 1950’s TV sci-fi effects. There’s also a no wave vibe on the recording. Cool.
10. (3:04) Cold Blooded Judge – Devo-esque elements at a fast paced rhythm. Guitar solo a la Blue Oyster Cult. Damn!
11. (0:47) Heated House – Another transitional instrumental – prologue to last track.
12. (2:27) **Here Comes The Spade – Well-constructed track with contagious beat and ridiculous glossy effects.
“The songs are at their core razor sharp punk, but are fleshed out with inventive and catchy synth work - and the floating bits of atmospheric expansion between tracks only serve to heighten the paranoid atmosphere”.
RIYL: Units, Damaged Bug, Stalls, Chrome, and, Jack Name.
FCC CLEAN!
Recommended Tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 12
1. (3:00) The Heart & The Spade – Accelerated electro-punk starter with crunchy guitars and 80’s pop touches.
2. (4:02) **Eyesight – Synth-punk all the way. Great rhythm. Units would be proud.
3. (3:20) **Liquid Daydream – Fast tempo tune with great rhythmic structure. Cool Guitars. Catchy as hell.
4. (1:17) Floating on a Block of Ice – Late 1970’s inspired synth driven transitional piece. Spacey.
5. (3:40) *Static (oh no ok) – Hermetic and repetitive. Ritualistic drumming. Sounds very early1980’s San Francisco post-punk.
6. (1:19) *Rise Up From the Center of The Rising Sea – Dense punker driven by intense drumming and synthesizer noises.
7. (1:46) Surrender – Noisy transitional piece with found sounds and a stupid French accent.
8. (2:19) At the Dock – Layers of appliance noises, reverse recordings and other studio trickeries.
9. (2:26) *2000 Now! – Synth driven post-punker with 1950’s TV sci-fi effects. There’s also a no wave vibe on the recording. Cool.
10. (3:04) Cold Blooded Judge – Devo-esque elements at a fast paced rhythm. Guitar solo a la Blue Oyster Cult. Damn!
11. (0:47) Heated House – Another transitional instrumental – prologue to last track.
12. (2:27) **Here Comes The Spade – Well-constructed track with contagious beat and ridiculous glossy effects.
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