Bees

Artichoke
Greeen
General | Nov 2010

Reviews

Wedge
Reviewed 2011-06-11
Happy guitar pop, a bit on the silly side. Irresistable. Full of innocence and some retro '60s charm; puts a big smile on your face. Amateurish and likeable male vocals, sweet female backing vox, lots of guitar strumming and hopping beats. And... is that an accordion?

Oh, and every song is about bees.
Brutally obvious *FCC* on 8. The rest seems safe.

1- Cute! "Honeybees never sleep, but we should."
2- A chugging '50s three-chord feel. Sunny, happy.
3- Up & poppy
4- Bouncy. About how robber bees are total jerks.
5- Poppy, with a serious slowish into & spacey effects
6- Charged pop; Greek mythology! Catchy & smart.
7- Happy skipping through a field.
8- *FCC* (duh). Slowish feel.
9- Super happy and lovey and all. Quite '60s. Midtempo.
10- Slowish upbeat swaying, a bit dramatic.
11- Ooo, serious minor-key. Gets nice & poppy soon enough.
12- Kinda silly/sad. It's a sad winter wail, but they sing "Our house is cold" in such cutesy voices.
13- Chugging pop. Takes a couple seconds to get started.

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Charting

2011-06-26 — 2011-08-28
Week EndingAirplays
Aug 28 3
Aug 21 3
Aug 14 1
Aug 7 2
Jul 31 2
Jul 24 3
Jul 17 2
Jul 10 1

Track listing

1. The Commune
2. Vulcha Bee Sting
3. Bee B Movie
4. Robber Bee
5. Kaibob
6. Melissa
7. 100 Flowers
8. Funny Motherfucker
9. Windowsill
10. The Swarm
11. Exile Of The Drones
12. Cold House
13. Honey