i Music Showcase - Transister

Keely Hawkes: (lead vocals, etc.), an Englishwoman
Gary Clark: (guitar, etc.), a Scotsman
Eric Pressly: (bass, etc.), a Californian
...about to release their self-titled debut on Trans/Interscope Records


TRANSISTER is also (this is where the adjectives come in handy)...
...transatlantic, transboundary, transborder, transcontinental, transnational
...transcendent, transcendental
...transformation
...transilient
...transition
...transmigratory
...transmitters
...Trans (their very own label).

TRANSISTER IS NOT (don't use these adjectives)...
...transcaucasian (look it up on the map)
...transformers (the toys)
...translucent (not a ghost of a chance)
...transkeian (map again)
...transsexual, transvestites (but that's okay if you are)
...transylvanian (if ya don't know, don't ask)

TRANSISTER, the album, was...
produced by Transonic (Pressly and Clark) in London and Los Angeles in the spring of 1997.

TRANSISTER, the album, is ...11 songs -- including the first single 'Look Who's Perfect Now'
...edgy and melodic pop music
...voiced through the sweet vocals of Keely
...based on a good guitar sound but completed with live horns, cellos, industrial drum loops and Indian flutes as well as odd samples and freaky noise: from Debussy sampled and played backwards ('Look Who's Perfect Now') to the phone call captured in a London phone booth ('Head') to the scream recorded from a 1969 horror film ('Falling Off The World').
...a mixture of traditional and electronic
...the accidental and intentional
...not perfect, but perfect is boring
...available now.

Transition...

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