Sound Team: Movie Monster (CD on Select Label)

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Title: Movie Monster

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Band:Sound Team
Title:Movie Monster
Reviewed By:Anthony Strutt
Date Published:23/09/2006

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Sound Team are a six piece that hail from Austin, Texas. Most of this album was recorded in a 7 inch vinyl pressing plant there.

It opens with the 73 second track ‘Get Out’ which sounds like a big 80’s pop number with its big drums and a hint of 60’s psychedelia in its vocals from singer Matt Oliver.

‘Born to Please’ recalls Franz Ferdinand with its brittle sound, while Oliver’s vocals are more in the vein of the Killers. It is very radio friendly. Songs like this deserve to be massive.

‘No More Birthdays’ has a 70’s new wave feel to it, while the title song is a prog rock track and sounds like a mid 70’s Pink Floyd number.

‘TV Torso’ is somewhere between New Order, latter-era the Clash and the Gang of Four and is absolutely wonderful. ‘Your Eyes Are Liars’ is a big pop number with a hint of Gothic rock, but it is all dressed with a pop style for the now gone ‘Top of the Pops’.

‘Afterglow Years’ sounds like a preachy U2, while ‘Shattered Glass’ sounds like Lennon-influenced Britpop. It is okay, but a little repetitive. ‘You've Never Lived A Day’ is again Gilmour-flavoured Pink Floyd. It ends with ‘Handful of Billions’, which is loud and again very radio friendly.

A good album for the new punters out there.

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