ARTiST: Seventeen Evergreen
TiTLE: Lunar One
LABEL: Lucky Number
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 24:16 min
SiZE: 30,2 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Aug-04-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jul-30-2007
WEBSiTE: www.seventeenevergreen.com
Track List:
01. Lunar One 03:58
02. Burn The Fruit 04:38
03. Atlas 04:59
04. Andromedan Drean Of An Octaroon 05:32
(Corker Conboy Mix)
05. Constellation (Roger O'donnell Mix) 05:09
Release Notes:
San Francisco spacecakes Seventeen Evergreen offer
up five tracks of sun-tinged psychedelic chillout on
this neat little package, a welcome add-on to their
recent debut album Life Embarrasses Me On Planet
Earth.s
Dreamy and gentle, it weaves through the kind of
acid casualty spacerock soundscapes that would be
much appreciated on the last afternoon of a
sun-drenched festival after too much pear cider as
you lie on the hillside and wonder where you left
your brain.
Opener Lunar One (the video for which was shot on a
mini moon in Brooklyn) starts off as almost
country-splashed cornfield pop, with Caleb Pate's
ethereal vocals lulling you into a false sense of
security while Nephi Evans backs up this fragile and
temporary security.
Second track Burn The Fruit is faster and more
modern in its sound, with more of a house rhythm
but, unfortunately, is the EP's one weak point, a
little out of pace with the rest of the package.
Things get back on track with third number Atlas,
which recreates the sound of your brain dribbling
out of your ears, as Nephi's feminine vocals feature
more prominently in the mix over a hypnotic beat.
Its successor, Andromedan Dream Of An Octaroon,
remixed by London-based fellow ethereal electricians
Corker Conboy, takes the tempo even slower, does
away with the vocals completely and floats away in a
Spiritualised haze.
Beware of final track Constellation, remixed by
one-time Arthur Brown collaborator Roger O'Donnell
(who has also worked with The Thomspon Twins, The
Cure and The Psychedelic Furs, amongst others):
there's a danger it could send you truly demented if
you were in the mood to feel slightly paranoid. It's
the best thing here, mind, by quite a long way.
All in all, this is a lovely little package.
Trip-pop rather than hop, it's music to lie back to
as you close your eyes and think of Tipi Field.
Don't you feel more relaxed already?