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Artist: We Landed On The Moon
Album: These Little Wars
Label: Self Released
Playtime: 43:34 min
Genre: Indie
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Rip date: 2009-02-21
Street date: 2008-09-13
Size: 66.05 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 202 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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These Little Wars by We Landed on the Moon is a by-the-numbers power-pop
album, plain and simple. This could be the early 90s again for all of the
tricks in this bandÆs bag.
If you have fond memories of the spinART and Slumberland scenes, you may
enjoy this album quite a bit. It tends to the major-label side of the scene,
though, so even though there are traces of indie rock here the full, big
sound and production values have EMI written all over them. WeÆre talking
power chords, anthemic verses AND choruses, ballds, rockers - the whole
shebang.
Because the band has a female singer, itÆs only natural to think of, say,
Velocity Girl or That Dog when you hear These Little Wars. Maybe even No
Doubt, actually, as We Landed on the Moon would probably work really well on
a huge stage with a fist-pumping crowd in front of it. (By the way, none of
this is meant as criticism, but just a description of what even the band
would probably tell you itÆs gunning for.)
The compositions mix dance/rock beats with churning guitar work and keyboard
atmospheres. ItÆs topped of with some histrionics in the vocals, or at least
thatÆs how it sometimes comes across. ItÆs clear that the singer has a really
good voice and has probably had some vocal training. The singing can come off
as a little forced sometimes, though, even though itÆs on key ù just one of
those things where the technique is perfect but the feeling isnÆt quite
there.
ôMirror, Mirrorö might play well on an XM radio station dedicated to ômodern
rock,ö whereas ôHappy Accidentsö has a kind of Cranberries sensibility about
it. The rest of the songs fall into one or the other of these general
categories. Yes, the album is a little samey. ôNotes on a Scandalö has some
pretty cool vocal rhythms to it, by the way. Almost Blondie at times, apart
from the ôLa la la la laö refrains.
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01. Solitaire ( 4:26)
02. The Night Was Open ( 4:54)
03. Vietcong ( 2:57)
04. Washing For Weeks ( 4:27)
05. Something New ( 3:58)
06. Happy Accidents ( 4:07)
07. RE: Your Letter ( 3:00)
08. Notes On A Scandal ( 2:35)
09. Mirror, Mirror ( 3:33)
10. Come On Keep It Quiet ( 4:15)
11. Golden Child ( 5:22)
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