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The Jet Age - in
"Love"
(SBR09)
in
"Love" is the more intimate--but no less ambitious or
rocking--follow up to the Jet Age's '08 masterpiece What Did You Do During
the War, Daddy? On
in "Love," the band
dismantles a couple of relationships and holds them up
to the light, checking all the angles, in this tale about the
weight of fidelity and the pursuit of happiness. More big
Who-type rock moves, more shoegazing psych rock,
and more Chic-isms(?) make this the most filling TJA record
yet. Not convinced? Stream (and buy) the record here.
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The Jet Age - What
Did
You Do During The War, Daddy?
(SBR08)
The Jet Age's follow up
to 2006's critically acclaimed Breathless. Boasting
brilliant tunes, breathtaking performances, and a headline-grabbing
concept at its heart, WDYDDTW,D? earned an 8.0 from
PItchfork and plaudits like this one from the Portland Mercury:
"[T]he Jet Age have
crafted a concept album that would make Pete Townshend smash his guitar
in a jealous rage."
Hear what all the fuss was about here.
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The Jet Age
- breathless.
(SBR07)
Eric Tischler
and Greg Bennett of the hurricane lamps join
forces with physics-defying
drum monster Pete Nuwayser to deliver the perfect record. A must
for those who love rawk. And pop. And
guitars. And bass. And drums.
"[Hurricane] Lamps devotees don't worry. As consistent as the
Lamps were across their five albums, the Jet Age's Breathless marks a huge step
forward, from the songwriting to the musicians' performances to the
production and overall ambience... Tischler is still unleashing bright
shards of his trademark riffery and serving up literate epistles...
with this debut, the band has clearly hit an early high."
--MAGNET
"The Jet Age takes off like a rocket to some other planet."
--Dagger
"Jangly indie pop beefed up by big, fuzzy guitar solos... The songs are
ragged without being sloppy and bring to mind some of the best in the
indie rock pantheon."
--The Washington
Post
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The
Hurricane Lamps - more, more,
more.
(SBR06)
The hurricane lamps' last
record, and they went out with a bang.
"...a strong reminder of the simple
joys of a great song pared
to the bare essentials and played with bucketloads of enthusiasm. "
--Joe
Tangari, Pitchfork Magazine
"You'll soon be falling in love with
this album."
--Pop
Culture Press
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Various Artists - Wellspring: A Benefit for Bread for the
City (SBR05)
New, rare, and exclusive tracks from Cinerama,
Bettie
Serveert, the Mendoza Line, Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys!,
Lenola, the hurricane lamps, Saturnine, the Saturday People, Purple
Ivy Shadows, Riverside, the 'mericans, and Metropolitan. All
profits go to the Washington, DC-based social-services provider
Bread for the City. Visit www.breadforthecity.org
for
more information.
For a limited time, we're
giving away free copies of Wellspring; just tell us you want one by
writing us at label@sonicboomerangrecords.com
and we'll send you a CD, as well as a stamped envelope. All we
ask is that, if you like the compilation, you use the envelope to send
a donation to Bread for the City. Thanks!
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The Hurricane Lamps - Sing Me A Song (SBR04)
The Lamps
get
more confident with each album they make, and on Sing Me a Song,
they let their punk edge drop to reveal their pop heart more than
ever, and the result is an adeptness at catching melodic lightning
in a bottle and turning a phrase on a dime. More importantly-- and
this is what separates an album like this from the masses around
it-- the band also has a knack for arrangements that feel just as
substantive as the songs they support. If the devil's in the
details, they've got him pretty much slain. It's a great
record.
--Joe Tangari, Pitchfork, 10/29/03
Sing Me a Song boasts 3-D sound characterized by fat
drums,
hyperkinetic bass, swipes of cosmic-raygun synth and buoyant
guitars that nod equally in the directions of the Clean (the fitful
din of "All These Things"), Buzzcocks (blurry anthem "Dive") and
Mission of Burma (the dissonant/angular "Judge You All Night"). The
lamps' melodic gifts have come into their own, as evidenced in Eric
Tischler's keening vocals, the deft rendering of lush harmonies and
a previously untapped wellspring of power-pop nuance. [T]he overall
mood is intoxicating, like a long-term promise that's finally been,
signed, sealed, and delivered.
--Fred Mills, Magnet,
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The hurricane lamps have struck gold with their new
album
Sing Me a Song. It's their most assertive effort yet, injecting
their hazy New Zealand pop and Swervedriver fetishes with a shot of
frayed nerves and outwardly vulnerable vocals.
--Michael Chamy, Austin Chronicle,
9/19/03
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The Hurricane Lamps - Tilting At Windmills
(SBR03)
"On their third album, the hurricane lamps reassert
that
rock can be emotional without being juvenile, can be sincere
without being pretentious, and can be rocking without being
overbearing."
--Delusions
of
Adequacy
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The Hurricane Lamps - You Deserve What You Want
(SBR02)
"[T]his album [is] a testament to the remarkable
things you
can do with eight-track technology."
--Pop
Culture Detox
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The Hurricane Lamps - Tales From The Sink (SBR01)
"[T]he kind of record you cherish forever."
--Ink
Blot
Magazine
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