The Aislers Set - The Last Match
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Artist: The Aislers SetEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-06-20
Music Label: Slumberland Records
Soundtracks:
- The Way To The Market Station
- Hit The Snow
- Chicago New York
- One Half Laughing
- Been Hiding
- Balloon Song
- Lonely Side Of Town
- Last Match
- Christmas Song
- The Walk
- The Red Door
- Fairnt Chairnt
- We Give Up
- Bang Bang Bang
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Free Music Review: Tart and sour, sweet and smooth
Hit: 4 Stars
I heard this SF band's third album playing at Ameoba Records in Hollywood and was immediately curious. Judging from their frequent mention in that record store's "Best of..." booklets, they seem to be known more in the Bay Area. The third album builds on what this one, the second, creates: a reverberating, cavernous, ominous depth like that with which producer Martin Hannett surrounded Joy Division (described well in Simon Reynolds' "Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-Punk 1979-1984, also reviewed by me). This vertiginous plunge is balanced, as Amy Linton's earlier band "Henry's Dress" and the Aislers Set's "Terrible Things Happen" debut were wandering towards: Phil Spector's girl groups meet the mods meets noisy pop-punk.
The results may seem grim; the lyrics are often downbeat. But the pitch of singers Amy and Wyatt conjures up a smoother approach. The tense balance between the pop and the doom creates the blend that The Aislers Set brews.
This thin delicate surface conceals a frozen still lake. Icy attitude cloaked in rippling textures. My favorite songs are the opener, the perky "The Way to Market Street," and a cover of a standout track off Slumberland label mates 14 Iced Bears' "In the Beginning" compilation, "Balloon Song." My four stars are not a criticism, but only an indication that the results over the length, albeit typically brief for Amy's efforts, may lull you. If you want to be let down easily, however, this is a good album to slouch by. The band's tart consistency, as with many Slumberland records, may work for or against your tastes. The sour pop sound of wistful angst: this is served up in 14 sharp, tangy flavors.
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