The Loon

Tapes 'n Tapes - The Loon

The Loon
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Artist: Tapes 'n Tapes
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-07-25
Music Label: Xl Recordings
Soundtracks:
  1. Just Drums
  2. The Iliad
  3. Insistor
  4. Crazy Eights
  5. In Houston
  6. Mantioba
  7. Cowbell
  8. 10 Gallon Ascots
  9. Omaha
  10. Buckle
  11. Jakov's Suite

Free Music Notes for The Loon

Free Music Review: Excellent
Hit: 5 Stars

Great album. The Pixies/Pavement/Modest Mouse comparisons are deserved but a little shallow. (I love those bands, but am sick of the pigeon-holing). The lyrics are cryptic, weird, and passionate. The production is low-fi, but works well with the general aesthetic of the recording. Nice mixture of sounds--a twinkling keyboard here, a few chimes there--to balance out the garage tones. The best part of the album is the composition of the songs--great melodies and enough left-turns to keep things interesting.

I'm not sure why some reviewers say that this recording is rough around the edges; the band is incredibly tight. I think a lot of them have confused the musicianship of the band with production values. The songs could hardly be played better, or with more energy.

The highlights: Insistor, In Houston, Manitoba and Omaha aren't let down by the album's less conspicuous tracks. The rockabilly-driven Insistor blends well into the trippy Crazy Eights instrumental. The western swing of 10 Gallon Ascots plays well with the melancholy of Omaha. This is a very well constructed and inspired album. It will be compared to Murmur and Slanted and Enchanted when more people hear it.

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Tapes 'n Tapes have earned the love of music bloggers, music buyers, and fans across the country, selling over 10,000 copies in the US since the November 1st release of "The Loon" on their self run record label. Their sound is the basement indie of Pavement, the eclecticism of Talking Heads, and the frenzied power of The Pixies, but with a vital, thrilling, and unique blast of energy and melody that has rarely been combined before. "At SXSW, two of the most extraordinary bands defied categories and tore apart verse-chorus-verse forms. Tapes 'n Tapes were rhapsodic, with songs that metamorphosed from reticence to frenzy and back" - The NY Times.

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