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This band is awesome! Glad to see them in action again, even if this is a one off or whatever.
Tag Archives: Power Pop
CD Review: Never Grow Up [2010]
Band: The Crusaders of Love
Release: 2010
Label: Douchemaster
1. “Better When I’m Gone” – B+
2. “Shot to the Heart” – B-
3. “Good Time All the Time” – B+
4. “Little Mind” – B+
5. “Braving Hell” – A-
6. “Can’t Get Enough” – A-
7. “It Doesn’t Change a Thing” – A-
8. “Time” – A
9. “If You Want to Try” – A-
10. “Looking For Us” – B
11. “Looking For a Heart” – A-
Comments: Crusaders of Love have the power-pop thing down pat. There’s not much changing up of things, so I can’t find too many stand-out tracks among the first four tracks. I do dig the punk-lite naivete, which really comes out on the rest of the album. It’s hard not to like the perceived care-free aesthetic of a young band just jamming out and having fun. They’ve got a release on Die Slaughterhaus so if I say they have a similar energy/MO of early Black Lips I don’t think I’d be too far off. Also, I never would have guessed these guys were from France.
Grade: B+ (88)
Classic CD Review: Hind Hind Legs
Band: Lovely Feathers
Label: Equator
Release: 2006
1. “Pope John Paul” – A+
2. “In the Valley” – A+
3. “I Really Like You” – A
4. “Frantic” – A+
5. “Wrong Choice” – A+
6. “Mildly Decorated” – A+
7. “Photocorners” – A+
8. “The Only Appalachian” – A
9. “Ooh You Shocked Me” – A
10. “E Man Sorrow” – A+
11. “Rod Stewart” – A++
12. “Breakfast Cake” – A+
13. “Lion Eats The Wildebeest” – A+
Comments: Talk about a fun album! Lovely Feathers are overflowing with energy and power-pop charisma. It’s sort of synth-pop meets straight up garage-pop. A fun combination! Although it looks like I am worshiping this album or what have you, I am not. It’s damn good, though. If I was doing a normal review for this, it’d probably end up as a best album of the year candidate, not to mention one of the best albums of the decade. There is nothing epic about this one. What you hear is what you get. Fast, quirky, pseudo-dance numbers. “Rod Stewart” sort of exemplifies the spirit of this album. Heavy and catchy. Unfortunately, haters might decline to take this album seriously. That’s unfortunate for them, because sometimes sappy is much needed in music. Most of the tracks on here are multi-layered. So inevitably some parts are catchier and better than others. But I tell you that the catchy parts are really really really catchy.
Final Grade: 96 (A)
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