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Kiwi Jr. - Football Money - Import CD
Kiwi Jr. - Football Money - Import CD
CD
Rock
Alternative/Indie
January 17, 2020
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Catalog No.: PNGA52
JAN/ISBN: 767870659003
Number of Discs: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Kiwi Jr.
Description:
With their long-labored debut Football Money, Canadian indie quartet Kiwi Jr. continue a long lineage of a very specific brand of smart, ennui-riddled pop. Lyrically, the songs are overstuffed with observational references to confused post-college flailing and small town boredom, while the music follows the same wistful jangly catchiness that grew more snotty and surreal as it was passed down from Felt to Pavement to Parquet Courts. At the core of each catchy, upbeat tune is one of vocalist Jeremy Gaudets depraved narratives, jam packed with psychedelic references ranging from childhood memories of a stabbing in a church to Brian Jones swimming pool. The albums ten economic tunes are equally jam-packed with nonstop hooks. Salary Man sways with a woozy dreaminess borrowed from Orange Juice as Gaudet paints lyrical pictures of uncharged cell phones and drunk businessmen sleeping it off on public benches in suits and polished shoes. This slide show of bizarre imagery is guided by airy 12-string acoustic guitar that melts into fuzzy distorted leads. There are group shouts celebrating an eccentric friend on Leslie and an ode to a dead-end town on Nothing Changes, all delivered with an ecstatic punk push thats on par with the first Modern Lovers record and with weird poetic lyrical asides akin to the earliest Silver Jews material. The piano-heavy Comeback Baby nods to the vocal harmonies and succinct songwriting of the Kinks, filtered through the reaching melancholy of Brighten the Corners-era Pavement. Its one of the few moments on the album when Kiwi Jr. isnt blasting through intellectual pondering with keg party enthusiasm, but its no less catchy than the upbeat material. The album rushes by in less than a half-hour, but demands repeat listening. Like the best of their slacker-pop influences, Kiwi Jr. manage to just barely conceal the meticulous design of their album behind a nonchalant disposition. Excellent songwriting and a surplus of surprising melodic ideas and lyrical wit cant be outshined by the bands deceptively loose approach. ~ Fred Thomas
Tracklisting:
1.Murder in the Cathedral
2.Leslie
3.Salary Man
4.Gimme More
5.Comeback Baby
6.Soft Water Apple
7.Football Money
8.Nothing Changes
9.Swimming Pool
10.Wicked Witches
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