> >hey everyone :) > >i picked up the new self-titled moonsocket 7" this weekend, out on subpop. >i thought i'd try and give this wonderful record a little review... > >1. "Accept Fear" is a catchy, fuzzy gem, with a plucky, poppy little guitar >line. am ihallucinating or does chris sound a bit like lou barlow on this >track? hmm...it is a little sebadeedohee. :) > >2. "Secondary Pleasure" is very reminiscent of the moonsocket version of >'run away'...the same upbeat guitar that makes you want to scream along >and run around your house. :) > >3. "Holding On For Life" is like 'shame shame' meets sebadoh. okay the >comparison is wearing really thin, but moonsocket is the same sort of >gloriously warm, fuzzy, lo-fi guitar pop that makes you want to pick up an >ould warped acoustic guitar and play along, in the dark of your basement >or something. > >4. "Somebody Else's Love" has the honest pop sense of a beetles song; >it's a sweet, sad ditty... "you've got your arms around somebody else's >love"... > >5. "Truth Becomes Lies" is simple, yet heartwrenching. it has a bass-drum >thing going, sort of like ET's 'dinosaurs'... > >6. "Always Lose" is the rawk-out track. fuzzy guitar and i think the >vocals even get distorted at the end...woowoo! pop-o-rama! :) :) > >okay there is my silly review. :) i really really love this record, it's >my favourite moonsocket recording yet. chris thompson is genius. :) >the end. > >love, >tara :) > >-- >"The smile that you send out... > returns to you." :) >-Indian Wisdom > >
Hi.. hrm.. I found the quality of the recording to be pretty bad.. I can't even hear the vocals in the first song. :( Helen
