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█▓ 01 For Years And Years 3:38 ▓█
█▓ 02 As Soon As I 4:09 ▓█
█▓ 03 The Nap 3:06 ▓█
█▓ 04 Pointback 3:30 ▓█
█▓ 05 Peace And Trees 3:34 ▓█
█▓ 06 The Team That Never Wins 2:52 ▓█
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█▓ 08 Ljubljana 3:35 ▓█
█▓ 09 Pictures 3:58 ▓█
█▓ 10 One Million People 2:46 ▓█
█▓ 11 The Dream 3:51 ▓█
█▓ 12 Bring It On 3:36 ▓█
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█░█▒ Question: What is it that all those ômixed duosö of ▒█░█
█░█▒ recent musical history, acts like Eurythmics, ▒█░█
█░█▒ Everything But The Girl, The White Stripes or The ▒█░█
█░█▒ Dresden Dolls have in common? Answer: They all have ▒█░█
█░█▒ clear roles within the band. In the case of ▒█░█
█░█▒ Berlin-based duo ItÆs A Musical, things are a ▒█░█
█░█▒ little different though: Ella Blixt aka Bobby Blumm ▒█░█
█░█▒ and Robert Kretzschmar donÆt have these clear ▒█░█
█░█▒ roles; instead they go for a decidedly more open ▒█░█
█░█▒ and democratic approach. They write their songs ▒█░█
█░█▒ together, they decide who plays which instrument ▒█░█
█░█▒ for any given song (in concert, they repeatedly ▒█░█
█░█▒ switch between various instruments), and when ▒█░█
█░█▒ recording, they keep things DIY (Norman Nitzsche, ▒█░█
█░█▒ who mixed the latest album by The Whitest Boy ▒█░█
█░█▒ Alive, was the only additional person to help out ▒█░█
█░█▒ with mixing in the studio). And then there is, of ▒█░█
█░█▒ course, the bandÆs unique way to layer the vocals û ▒█░█
█░█▒ two voices in unison, frequently singing together ▒█░█
█░█▒ throughout both the verse and the chorus. However, ▒█░█
█░█▒ the resulting new LP û and those familiar with ItÆs ▒█░█
█░█▒ A MusicalÆs first album ôThe Music Makes Me Sickö ▒█░█
█░█▒ know this û, does NOT sound like it follows a ▒█░█
█░█▒ political concept. The title ôFor Years And Yearsö ▒█░█
█░█▒ stands for a dozen gorgeous (indie) pop gems; ▒█░█
█░█▒ tracks that, even though somewhat laconic, ▒█░█
█░█▒ nevertheless manage to uplift the listener; songs ▒█░█
█░█▒ so euphoric and stirring, in fact, that last time ▒█░█
█░█▒ around, the choosey people at allmusic.com ▒█░█
█░█▒ concluded that one ôwould have to look hard to find ▒█░█
█░█▒ a better indie pop album than æThe Music Makes Me ▒█░█
█░█▒ SickÆ in 2008.ö ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Apart from the euphoric choruses, a hidden sense of ▒█░█
█░█▒ humor remains another trademark of this band û and ▒█░█
█░█▒ this sense of humor is in large part owed to ▒█░█
█░█▒ sharing the microphone. HereÆs an example: When ▒█░█
█░█▒ Robert and Ella deal with the complexities an ▒█░█
█░█▒ endlessly extended adolescence entails, especially ▒█░█
█░█▒ when it comes to sexual desires and such, the ▒█░█
█░█▒ simultaneous delivery of the female and male ▒█░█
█░█▒ perspective allows them to circumnavigate even the ▒█░█
█░█▒ slightest sense of self-pity or cheap emotionalism. ▒█░█
█░█▒ This is one of many things to love about ItÆs A ▒█░█
█░█▒ Musical: After all, the most whining and ▒█░█
█░█▒ complaining in pop music comes from those who set ▒█░█
█░█▒ out to present ôauthentic feelingsö û and ItÆs A ▒█░█
█░█▒ Musical manage to present this kind of ôrealnessö ▒█░█
█░█▒ without any of that wailing. Even the only cover ▒█░█
█░█▒ song, Eleventh HourÆs ôThe Team That Never Winsö ▒█░█
█░█▒ (originally from 1997) is presented with a humorous ▒█░█
█░█▒ twist, thanks to the mood and vibe ItÆs A Musical ▒█░█
█░█▒ chose for the cover: A vibe reminiscent of ôBowie ▒█░█
█░█▒ in Berlinö, as in: We canÆt be heroes. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Throughout the album, ôFor Years And Yearsö picks ▒█░█
█░█▒ up the pace and gains more and more momentum: ▒█░█
█░█▒ ôClevernessö is built from vibraphone sounds, ▒█░█
█░█▒ organs and drum rolls (just like in that ôFish ▒█░█
█░█▒ Songö), and ôOne Million Peopleö is a catchy piano ▒█░█
█░█▒ pop gem that owes as much to Carole King as it does ▒█░█
█░█▒ to Ben Folds Five. And of course all these tracks ▒█░█
█░█▒ have that certain DIY feel to them, a vibe that ▒█░█
█░█▒ makes the listener forget that both Ella and Robert ▒█░█
█░█▒ are actually trained multi-instrumentalists, and ▒█░█
█░█▒ busy with lots of other projects: Robert also plays ▒█░█
█░█▒ drums for Masha Qrella, and Ella, who recently ▒█░█
█░█▒ worked with Peaches, is involved with popkollo.se ▒█░█
█░█▒ and rubytuesdaymusic.de. Furthermore, both members ▒█░█
█░█▒ of ItÆs A Musical help organize special rock camps ▒█░█
█░█▒ for young teenage girls. Mind you, these activities ▒█░█
█░█▒ have nothing in common with Disney Musical Films or ▒█░█
█░█▒ the Jonas Brothers: instead, these camps are about ▒█░█
█░█▒ keeping the original Riot-Grrrl vibe alive. Which ▒█░█
█░█▒ means weÆre back to politics. A topic rarely ▒█░█
█░█▒ treated and presented so smartly as in this case. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ http://www.itsamusical.com ▒█░█
█░█▒ http://www.morrmusic.com ▒█░█
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