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Super Furry Animals- "Radiator"
(Creation/Sony)
Wales's Super Furry's certainly
deliver the goods with this, their second album. Radiator is chock
full o' classic pop songs, and one of those albums that screams 'put
me on' before a night out. Full of clever tunes and classic melodies
the only other thing left to say is buy it. Now. Because, in case you
haven't noticed already, this album is one that provides a perfect
excuse for (deservedly) in-depth discussions of their favorite tunes
at parties. I've seen it happen. And you wouldn't want to feel left
out would you?
diana's picks of the ish
The Charlatans-"Tellin' Stories" (Beggars Banquet UK / MCA
US)
After the death of Rob Collins
(during the recording of this album), The Charlatans could have very
well packed it in and called it a day&emdash;out of respect for their
friend, founding member, and Hammond Wizard. Luckily though, on
advice from Rob's father, they endured all the pain, persevered, and
created their most vital and complex album to date. And it's a track
like "How Can You Leave Us" that reminds you most of Rob, but also
makes you appreciate that they've decided to continue on and why it
was so necessary for them to do so.
The Charlatans have always taken
elements of pop, rock, and dance and fashioned them into a dynamic
twist&emdash;most especially on this, their 5th album. But now, their
songwriting has gotten even stronger (albeit now filled with double
entendres) and "Tellin' Stories", by all means, should be the album
to take the band to the top. They've got the songs on this one to
make them stars, too&emdash;"How High" and "One To Another"&emdash;do
we hear mega hits?
Everything on this album just seems
to fall perfectly into place. Each track is a goldmine. And hopefully
the band have seen the last of their darker days and become so
ungodly huge that all can see the external and internal beauty that
make up this band. (DW)
Mogwai--"Young Team" (Chemikal Underground UK, Jetset
US)
This Scottish outfit has the ability
to be painfully beautiful in their subtlety one minute and brazenly
brash in their chaotic distortion the next--seen quite wonderfully
with "Like Herod" and "Summer (Winter Version)". And what that
ultimately amounts to is one of the most brilliant records to be
released all year (with "Katrien" being the fave track). "Young Team"
wavers back and forth, from quietly peaceful to ear-bleedingly
mind-bending, yet it never strays from that perfect Mogwai sound--a
lush, predominantly instrumental soundtrack for your every mood, whim
and fancy. Yet fellow Glasgow bandster, Aidan Moffit (from the
dynamic Arab Strap) guest stars on "R U Still In 2 It," the one track
on the lp that features coherent vocals (the other bits are telephone
conversations, monologues,etc...).
"Young Team" is definitely one of the
most interesting and compelling albums you'll ever come across. And
although some may have to listen to it two or three times before they
can get into it, they'll soon learn that the few hours of airplay was
absolutely worth it. (DW)
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