The Double - Loose in the Air
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Artist: The DoubleEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Music Label: Matador Records
Soundtracks:
- Up All Night
- Idiocy
- Icy
- On Our Way
- Ripe Fruit
- Hot Air
- What Sound It Makes the Thunder
- In the Fog
- Dance
- Busty Beasty
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Free Music Review: Lost Promise, But A Nice Effort
Hit: 4 Stars
Loose In The Air could've been incredible, the next-best step in the post-punk/new-wave revival that would've pushed the movement beyond mere nostalgia. See, for the past year or so before The Double signed to Matador, the band was putting on incredible live shows that brilliantly combined the Echo & The Bunnymen/Cure songcraft that was big at the time and damaged it with squalling noise and feedback that pushed their songs into unparalleled new realms. The Palm Fronds album on Catsup Plate is a bit of a fine example of this, but the live shows took the difficult experimentation of that record and made it into something special.
The Double are still putting on incredible live shows, that's for sure, but on Loose In The Air, the edges have sadly been a bit dulled so that the band feels less like pop-experimentalists than another, albiet enjoyable and clever, entry into the hip NYC band cannon. Tracks like "Idiocy," "Up All Night," "On Our Way," "Hot Air," and "Dance" are all amusing highlights despite the comparitively polished production. The only other drawback is the presence of some filler, with some slower tunes that could easily have been replaced by some impossible-to-find (but existent) re-recorded versions of Palm Fronds favorites like "Black Diamond" and "Mohawks."
Loose In The Air is a nice record for sure, but it's a shame that it in some ways sells The Double far too short. See the band's live show to get a better impression of what this band can do, or better yet, give Palm Fronds a spin. After all is said and done, Loose In The Air is fine, but a small indication of the powers at work.
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NYC's The Double deliver their Matador debut, a worthy successor to 2004's "Palm Fronds". The massed Ace Tone/Vox/Casio keys and floating vocals have led some staff members to liken the sound to music as diverse as '60s British folk mixed with theatrical synth bands. But the spooky/paranoid vibes and insistent, inventive rhythms of the percussion build up a wall of sound more nervous and intense than the comparison might suggest. Irresistible pop melodies are laid on top. An indescribable and lovely mess.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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