Thursday, November 19, 2020

Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Currently doing one album for each year, 1960-2020. Today: 2009. 

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Phoenix, 2009, :36 

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

Indie pop with synth and dance-pop influences.  It's a very pleasant vibe, all fluttery riffs and high percussion and disco falsetto.  It's quite well done, but not really for me.  When they lean more toward rock than disco, though, these guys deliver some catchy beats.  Favorite tracks: "Liztomania," "1901," "Lasso."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...