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Poised To Break--a CD title displaying
the haughtiness of a band, or a humorous jab at the state
of the Indie Rock scene? A fickle scene where many have the
sounds and smarts to make it with the masses, but instead
we get hammered with watered down diet grunge from too many
bands that sound too much alike. In all actuality, never has
a CD title fit the sound contained within so well. The only
other title that would've worked would be "10 Kick Ass Songs
You Should Spend Your Milk Money On."
You know how sometimes a song can awaken
a long forgotten memory or make you reminisce about parts
of your life? Like a half forgotten childhood summer. That's
this entire CD. Tracks like "Bruise-blue" and "White, Picket
Fences" brings an emotional upheaval of memories that you
can't pin down. The lyrics, music and vocals all blend together
in a perfect pop smoothie. You can hear possible musical influences
throughout the CD as well. "Saccharine" and "Winter Owned"
gives you a harder Knapsack type quality in places, but "Where
Is Pearl Harbor Day" demonstrates a pure pop innocence that
is lacking from many of the bands out there now. Then we have
the bonus untitled instrumental track at the end of the CD
which is purely an audio delight. These guys can meld with
their instruments in a state of perfection to create a flow
of sound not to be rivaled. Watch out Pele! Being an instrumental,
that is the only tune on the CD that doesn't demonstrate Sunday's
ability to give each song lyrical progression--like a story
unfolding, instead of writing a catchy song just to have a
catchy song. You become part of the story behind each track
and from there you're lost in the CD until it comes to what
will seem like an abrupt end. Not because it doesn't flow
well, but just for the plain and simple fact that you want
more and more!
All in all, this CD is an amazing mixture
of early Sunny Day Real Estate, the new pop sense of Promise
Ring and bits and pieces of Built To Spill. But the best part
is that they can take those sounds, add their own style and
flavor to come up with a CD that once you listen to all the
way through will stamp you for life. But just remember that
if you look like a mess, you must be a mess.
-Jeff Turner
Track Listing:
1. The Hardest Part
2. Bruise-blue
3. White, Picket Fences
4. Saccharine
5. Indian Summer
6. When Is Pearl Harbor Day?
7. In Beats Like Trains
8. Looks Like A Mess
9. Winter-owned
10. Congratulations
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