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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 08/25/1998
Run Time: 47:18
According to your parents, you are only as good as the company you keep. So it bears mentioning that it didn't take long for
Remy Zero's ambiguous acoustica to find a home in the ears of
Radiohead as well as -- to a much, much lesser extent --
Travis and
Sting. No wonder. Situated against the youthful excesses of the British indie contingent or the shy "roots"-obsessed American underground,
Villa Elaine shows the band off as duty-bound traditionalists. The
doo wop dollop
"Hollow" folds over your backside like a cozy blanket, with a
march-like drumbeat and
August Cinjun Tate's best
Thom Yorke karaoke impersonation. These songs echo a newly discovered idea for soft acoustic "
rock" tunes. This is certainly true of
"Gramarye" or the grumbling on
"Wither Vulcan." "Motorcycle" mixes some sensual, shackled,
A Storm in Heaven-style guitar with a trickling (almost
country) vocal.
"Goodbye Little World" is a spry
Beatlesque drill of strumming chords and homely reunion.
~Dean Carlson, All Music Guide
;)
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