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When critics write about Dropsonic, the bands that keep coming up as points of comparison are Led Zeppelin and Radiohead, but the first-time listener may be forgiven for not quite getting the relevance of those referents. Granted, singer and guitarist Dan Dixon occasionally channels the spirit of Thom Yorke, at least a little bit, and the drums are big, loud, and busy. But everyone in this trio is big, loud, and busy, and if the end result harks back to any great band of a couple of decades ago it's Mission of Burma more than Led Zep. Big Nothing was originally issued on the Moodswing label in 2001, but when Dropsonic signed with 54 40 or Fight the band decided to reissue both Big Nothing and its predecessor, Belle, for the new label. Equal parts math rock, vintage AOR, grungy metal, and punk anarchy, Big Nothing is an exhilarating and cathartic mess of a record that surprises with its staying power. Not everything is wonderful all the way through, but keep your focus all the way to the end and you'll be rewarded with such gems as the long and surprisingly complex "Inside Out" and the slow and corrosively pretty "Sleepwalking." You'll have to work just a bit to get there, but you'll be glad you did. ~ Rick Anderson
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Dropsonic: Dan Dixon (vocals, guitar, piano, crumar); David Chase (guitar, bass); Brian Hunter (drums, percussion).
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Recorded between 1978 & 2001. Includes liner notes by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, and Johnny Black.
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Even though the largely emo-based Polyvinyl Records doesn't seem like the most natural home for Saturday Looks Good to Me's winsome, nostalgic pop, the undeniable emotional pull and heartfelt delivery of Fred Thomas and company's music makes it a better fit than one might expect. All Your Summer Songs, the group's fifth album and Polyvinyl debut, is another triumph, expressing the complexities of being in and out of love with deceptively naïve music and lyrics that are wise beyond their years. While Motown, Phil Spector, and the Beach Boys still exert a strong influence on Saturday Looks Good to Me's sound -- especially on "Alcohol" and "Ultimate Stars" -- the band explores an entire bandwidth of AM radio moments, ranging from the "Itchycoo Park" drum fills on "Meet Me by the Water"; the Peter & Gordon-esque acoustic guitars on "No Good with Secrets"; and the Byrdsy jangle of "You Work All Weekend," which sounds like said band backing the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt. And while Thomas has as much reverence for -- not to mention ability to create -- a perfectly written two-and-a-half-minute pop song as Merritt does, his music sounds fresher and less contrived despite its retro allusions. Indeed, aside from pleasing record collectors and oldies geeks, the reconfiguration of sounds past that makes up Saturday Looks Good to Me's style gives their music a timeless yet fresh feel that also has an instant familiarity. "Caught" and "Typing" (which also includes the priceless lyric "You spent such a long time typing/That you forgot how to write letters") are twinkling pop confections ready for cameos on the soundtrack to a Wes Anderson movie, while "Underwater Heartbeat" casts singer Erika Hoffmann as a lovelorn mermaid. Along with Hoffmann, All Your Summer Songs also features indie luminaries and long-time SLGTM auxiliary members like Ted Leo, Dan Littleton, Matthew Smith, Karla Schickele, and Jessica Bailiff, although Thomas himself sings the album's ...
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