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Having satisfied its glam yearnings with the Cheap Trick-meets-Kiss-and-goes-to-a-party-thrown-by-The Posies NAVY BLUES, Sloan's 1999 studio album delved into the questionable waters of the concept album. Rather than diving into worlds of wizards and mythological beasts, these Canadian power-pop junkies instead stayed close to home and wrote about moving away from Halifax in pursuit of rock stardom. By avoiding any kind of pretentious storylines, Sloan came up with some potent ear candy.
Once again, chiming guitars, gorgeous harmonies, and gritty melodies rule as the band bounces between tapping into Johnny Marr's breezier moments with the Smiths ("Waiting for Slow Songs") to Supertramp if John and Paul fronted the band instead of Roger and Rick ("Delivering Maybes"). Despite the pressure and strain of two major-label record deals, Sloan's members retained their childhood bonds ("Friendship") and optimism ("Don't You Believe a Word"). Throughout this extended look in the mirror, Sloan managed to write songs about maintaining sanity within a band scenario (the driving "Sensory Deprivation") and striving to make it in the face of the music industry's unwavering cynicism (the crunchy melodicism of "Losing California").
Recorded at Chemical Sound, Toronto, Canada in 1999.
Sloan: Jay Ferguson, Andrew Scott , Patrick Pentland, Chris Murphy .
Sloan: Andrew Scott, Jay Ferguson, Patrick Pentland, Chris Murphy.
Additional personnel: Brendan McGuire (bass).
Rolling Stone (1/20/00, p.59) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...ambitious; the songs meld one into the next, loosely telling the story of a certain Canadian band's rise to obscurity. It's an in joke wrapped in Union Jack colors..."
Q (8/00, pp.105-6) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A small-time-band-goes-global 'concept' - very '70s....A curious, rocking delight."
Melody Maker (9/19/00, p.51) - 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Welcome to the most sumptuous guitar-pop this side of orgasm..." Between The Bridges Music Sloan Between The Bridges Songs Between The Bridges Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  Even the songs I DON'T like are good
How good is it? I like even the songs I DON'T Like. Huh? Well, it's like this: all four of 'em sing, which is cool because that means you get four lead vocalists on each Sloan album instead of the usual one -- but that's not so good if one of the four grates on your rock sensiblities. So, every few tracks, I find myself gritting my teeth to another otherwise excellent example of Nova Scotia's finest power pop. Yet that's okay in its own way, because this is, after all, power pop, not fully blown rock. Which isn't to say that the disc doesn't rock: it definitely DOES. Especially (although certainly not exclusively) the track called 'Losing Cailfornia': a GREAT guitar anthem. That one is so good that even if it were the ONLY good song it would nevertheless on its own make the whole dang album worthy of 3 stars. One last caveat: don't let the Monkees-esque opening track turn you off to the rest of the album: Between The Bridges's best rocking moments begin immediately thereafter, on track two. Now, to me, five stars means 'a gem', while four stars means 'worth owning'. And this is a four star album that comes awfully close to five. Therefore: Order and Enjoy. (And Go Nova Scotia!)
Submitted by Nicholas (Port Townsend, WA)
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