Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes

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Sep 9, 2015 Sold Date

Aug 6, 2015 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Green Lanes
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: TROUBLE IN MIND Titelanzahl: 12

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Ultimate Painting - Kodiak 2. Ultimate Painting - Sweet Chris 3. Ultimate Painting - (I've Got The) Sanctioned Blues 4. Ultimate Painting - Ocean 5. Ultimate Painting - Two from the Vault 6. Ultimate Painting - Ocean (Reprise) 7. Ultimate Painting - Break the Chain 8. Ultimate Painting - I Was Lost 9. Ultimate Painting - Tee Zee Em 10. Ultimate Painting - Paying the Price 11. Ultimate Painting - Woken by Noises 12. Ultimate Painting - Out in the Cold

Beschreibung

After releasing an excellent self-titled album in 2014, the duo of James Hoare (of Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (of Mazes) could have gone their separate ways, thus depriving fans of smart, sneakily good guitar pop a follow-up. Fortunately, their low-key collaboration continues with 2015's Green Lanes, and it's the equal of their debut, maybe even just a touch better. Working again in Hoare's home studio with the two men trading off songwriting, singing, and lead guitar duties in democratic fashion, the album is similarly laid-back and shaggy, with tricky guitar lines snaking around the breathy vocals and drummer Neil Robinson (also of Mazes) steadily steering the songs with calm precision. Hoare's production is simple and unfussy, letting the instruments and vocals breathe while adding just enough reverb to keep it from sounding dry. A great sound with no songs is kind of a let down, so it's good that both guys seemed to have upped their game just a little. Each of them turns in at least a couple classic indie pop moments. Hoare's lovely "Sweet Chris" sounds like it was half-inched from Gerry Love of Teenage Fanclub's songbook, his "Break the Chain" too is the best kind of unassuming melodic pop. Cooper's songs have a little more bite in general: his uptempo tracks like "(I've Got The) Sanctioned Blues" and "Woken by Noises" boost the energy level of the album, and the opening "Kodiak" kicks the record off in super-hooky Yo La Tengo-y style. The two work so well together, meshing styles so easily and breezily, that the resulting album feels like they've been working together for many years, not just a short time. Listening to the beautiful, restful, and balanced sounds of Green Lanes, one hopes that they do indeed continue to work together for years and years. [Green Lanes was also released on LP.] ~ Tim Sendra

Tim Sendra