- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Childhood Friends
Album: Key Party
Label: Kunaki
Playtime: 38:04 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/forestfriends
Rip date: 2008-04-28
Street date: 2008-00-00
Size: 52.43 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 182 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
"Childhood Friends may be the nicest parents of two you will ever hear sing
ballads about bondage and psychic vampirism. Their pop sensibilities and
flair for the dramatic never stop them from experimenting with new sound and
new directions. If gothic music were allowed to be just a trifle more upbeat
and less serious, then they would likely qualify for such a label, but even
then they would gleefully confound any expectation you might bring to the
table." Ricardo Wang, KPSU, April 2008
"a sparse electronic chill of frozen beats and the high-pitched emotionally
distant vocals of Considine" - Portland Mercury, 12/13/07
"On Portland's [Childhood Friends'] Synesthesia record we see a band equally
at home with indierock, noise, and pop. It's dramatic, theatrical stuff
that's as much Phantom of the Opera as it is Joy Division. Don't let this
band's cheesy, cartoon album art and aesthetic fool you-they are a seiously
solid art-rock band." - Jason Pearson, Portland Mercury, 7/20/06
"Childhood Friends from Portland OR delved into the poppy side of
experimental at the 13th Annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival, proving
once again that such things are not mutually exclusive." - Ricardo Wang
"...a set of ultra-dark experimental pop turbulence. It would be easy to call
them 'post gothic' since they're so damn menacing and pretty at the same
time, but that wouldn't be fair to their multitude of other influences." -
Ricardo Wang, KPSU
"Childhood Friends have only recently joined the post-gothic experimental
fray, but come equipped with a restrained electronic elegance which bespeaks
a deep connection to the form's history"
-"Positively adorable and heartless"
-"No.2 best new band of '06, WW Band Poll" - Noah Mickens, Someday Lounge
"(Childhood Friends) live in the unlikely space between the Cars and King
Crimson. " Josh Blanchard, Portland Mercury
"a potentially deeper, operatic take on Sam Mickens' arrhythmic wandering" -
Willamette Week
"That dark side is at the heart of the duo's music, thanks in no small part
to droning synthesizers, clattering drum machines, and the pained vocals of
both Considine and Rose." - The Oregonian
"While maintaining the band's experimental aesthetic, 'Scars' stands apart
from the bands previous releases." - West Coast Performer
"Childhood Friends explore new territory and the power of noise on their new
release, Scars" - Church of Girl Radio
"Strange in a good way . . . The best way to enjoy their sound is live and
you'll love their energy" - PDXpole.com
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Used To Be Good ( 4:28)
02. Because I Wanted To ( 3:18)
03. Never Do That To You ( 4:36)
04. Lonesome Trails ( 2:59)
05. Underwater Castle ( 4:22)
06. Happy ( 3:35)
07. Werewolf Song ( 3:34)
08. Mrs. Jack ( 3:50)
09. Pollen ( 3:45)
10. Spy Song ( 3:37)
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