ARTiST: Supraluxe
ALBUM: Wake Leave Home Sleep
BiTRATE: 198kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: CD Baby
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 59.17 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 39min 36sec total
RiP DATE: 2010-04-24
STORE DATE: 2009-10-15
Track List:
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01. Wake Leave Home Sleep 4:15
02. On the Coast 3:51
03. Data Control 3:29
04. Hey Lordy 3:50
05. Oh December 4:21
06. Slow Ephedrine 4:17
07. Sun Circuit 4:03
08. The Big Come On 3:44
09. The Majors 4:13
10. Wholesome Motions 3:33
Release Notes:
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Supraluxe was a big out of left-field discovery a few years back upon its
release. What surprised me then - and so many of you out there - was its out of
the gate maturity. It was a fully developed, self-assured release, especially
considering it was debut(it`s on the Not Lame site still and,yes, extremely
highly recommended). "Wake Leave Home Sleep", their follow up to that striking
debut, accomplishes the same. Sounding like a band that has been together many
years and recorded many albums, it forces itself upon you recognize this an
album, a band that demands your attention. It`s all together different but very
much building on the foundations of everything that made their debut so special.
Listen below - grab a small, little portion of the vision. Supraluxe is growing
in leaps and bounds while continuing to use the classic rock guitars and
unforgettable hooks that saturated of that mighty fine debut. . By wrapping
themes of loss, anxiety, alienation and love in the gloss of shiny summerpop,
they have created an exuberantly melancholy work that bounces with layered
melodies and interlocking cohesiveness.
Lead-off track, "Wake Leave Home Sleep", is a hefty, slow-burner - it starts off
in a haze, like a weak-state. Finds it groove, it`s flow-state and burns rubber.
Each successive song that follows has a similar template, on some level. They
are all deceptively gripping, catchy and worthy of full attention. "Wake Leave
Home Sleep is a mighty triumph of music and lyrics casting great emotions to the
listener, This CD is a must own for any music lover! this is Supraluxe and the
CD Wake Leave Home Sleep has something terribly wrong with it, The power of pop
and the grind of rock with a touch of meat from life and experience is all in
it, but what I do not hear is the copying of music from the first CD, many bands
can`t seem to walk away from a great first CD and copy songs and rewrite them to
try to have more big hits, Supraluxe did not do that on this CD, Bob Burns
keyboards where as stellar as they could be, chiming out sounds of extacy like
sparrows flying to heights of mating with songs of love as a harp plays the song
of dome and passion. Rich Pearsons bass was like something of fret hell, There
was no basic boom boom boom being played, chords of sound, growls of the lion
and sounds of thunder erupt in emotional resistance from the cries within." -
BaldGuyShow.net
""Like the sugar pop coating on top of frank bleakness on an Eels record,
Supraluxe packages feelings of emptiness, anxiety and isolation with lush,
danceable indie pop songs, complete with handclaps galore. It`s stuff that makes
you smile and tap your toes while you scratch your head. Deftly straddling the
line between slick pop and garage rock, Supraluxe sounds like a slightly more
hopeful Elliot Smith fronting a band somewhere between the Love Cars and
Semisonic. They deliver a kind of musical Prozac where cool chemicals mix with
warm melodies to make your serotonin percolate! Unfailingly easy on the ears,
they`ve come up with another gem of an indie pop record!" - CMJ. Not sure who
The Love Cars are, but right on. Yes, Extremely Highly Recommended! - Not Lame