Finch Platte
11-02-2011, 09:22 AM
And it's not just me who's raving (mad?); AllMusic sez, "It's hard to put a finger on what makes this album so special, but you'll get it when you hear it. Highly recommended." And if you can't trust AllMusic, who can you trust. Me? :devil:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg400/g462/g46223x0nxs.jpg
But really, this disc is hot. It reminds me of the Police & U2 smooshed together, but more interesting.
More from AllMusic:
There aren't that many guitar bands that can incorporate elements of synth pop without starting to sound like a synth pop band, and even fewer that can incorporate elements of dubwise reggae without starting to sound like a wannabe reggae band. But the Exit has done the seemingly impossible -- taken familiar elements and combined them into something that's not so much unique as uniquely personal and smart, and yet immediately accessible. Even when the band's influences are less than fully digested ("Back to the Rebels" sounds like Counting Crows doing a cover version of "Watching the Detectives"), the result feels more like a creative collage than a derivative cut-and-paste. One of the things that makes this album so satisfying is the way it builds slowly to its climax, a gorgeous and emotionally powerful song called "So Leave Then," on which a slightly dislocated rhythm supports a heart-on-the-sleeve melody and unabashedly immediate three-chord guitar (and even a few bars of make-believe steel drum). It's hard to put a finger on what makes this album so special, but you'll get it when you hear it. Highly recommended.
So, if you want to hear it after all that, here it is (http://www.mediafire.com/?3cy0vie3a22bt7l). Don't take my word for it, or even AllMusic's. If you don't like this disc, you suck (http://www.google.com/imgres?q=suck&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=639&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=76DItI0BPrOVpM:&imgrefurl=http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/50-designers-answer-the-question-do-we-suck_b3083&docid=ThWfHlKsfTj_nM&imgurl=http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/files/original/BM68~You-Suck-Big-Time-Posters.jpg&w=302&h=425&ei=Gn2xTqj1IqOLiAKxsdn3Dw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=281&sig=102630627101819472631&page=1&tbnh=142&tbnw=101&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&tx=75&ty=98) and there's no hope for you.
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg400/g462/g46223x0nxs.jpg
But really, this disc is hot. It reminds me of the Police & U2 smooshed together, but more interesting.
More from AllMusic:
There aren't that many guitar bands that can incorporate elements of synth pop without starting to sound like a synth pop band, and even fewer that can incorporate elements of dubwise reggae without starting to sound like a wannabe reggae band. But the Exit has done the seemingly impossible -- taken familiar elements and combined them into something that's not so much unique as uniquely personal and smart, and yet immediately accessible. Even when the band's influences are less than fully digested ("Back to the Rebels" sounds like Counting Crows doing a cover version of "Watching the Detectives"), the result feels more like a creative collage than a derivative cut-and-paste. One of the things that makes this album so satisfying is the way it builds slowly to its climax, a gorgeous and emotionally powerful song called "So Leave Then," on which a slightly dislocated rhythm supports a heart-on-the-sleeve melody and unabashedly immediate three-chord guitar (and even a few bars of make-believe steel drum). It's hard to put a finger on what makes this album so special, but you'll get it when you hear it. Highly recommended.
So, if you want to hear it after all that, here it is (http://www.mediafire.com/?3cy0vie3a22bt7l). Don't take my word for it, or even AllMusic's. If you don't like this disc, you suck (http://www.google.com/imgres?q=suck&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=639&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=76DItI0BPrOVpM:&imgrefurl=http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/50-designers-answer-the-question-do-we-suck_b3083&docid=ThWfHlKsfTj_nM&imgurl=http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/files/original/BM68~You-Suck-Big-Time-Posters.jpg&w=302&h=425&ei=Gn2xTqj1IqOLiAKxsdn3Dw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=281&sig=102630627101819472631&page=1&tbnh=142&tbnw=101&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:0&tx=75&ty=98) and there's no hope for you.