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Laundrette
Label:
Suiteside
Title:
Weird Place to Hide
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Band:
Laundrette
Title:
Weird Place to Hide
Reviewed By:
Benjamin Howarth
Date Published:
04/09/2003
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Suiteside
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The drums sound polite, not too loud. The guitars are plucked, a sharp jangly sound, no distortion. The bass sits just below the two and busies itself with some gentle, floaty runs. The vocalists both sound dreamy, not completely sure of themselves. Then the band kicks the pace up before letting it slide down again. It can sound dull from a distance, yet the closer you listen the more you feel compelled to listen closer still.
Laundrette are an Italian group, and they are not the future of rock and roll. They are not trying to be hip, they don’t sound like Gang Of Four, they don’t sound like Television. They take the classic trio of Pavement, the Pixies and Slint and work a new angle into that arty, melodic, quirky sound. There are occasional nods to the work of Kyuss also, in the downtuned riffs and well worked grooves, but the sound as a whole is never anything less than polite. Every note on this record sounds like the result of some careful plan. All 8 songs are structured, formed – or at least that is how its appears – to pull maximum emotional whollop out of the barest of sounds. This is music to play on headphones especially. The Suiteside label hasn’t put out a record yet this year that merits anything less than a perfect review. 'Weird Place To Hide', it is a delightful record to lose yourself in.
Track Listing:
01) The Ghost
02) Weird Place to Hide
03) Saturday Mornings
04) Smash Mountain Man
05) Man and Woman Driving
06) Weekender
07) Every You
08) Allen Says
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