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Aberfeldy - Young Forever

ImageChange [Edit] [Delete] 12 replies 20:38, 5 September '04

One very negative review
http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/a/aberfeldy/young-forever.shtml
and one pretty positive one
http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/view.php?id=1254

I can see both points of view; after half a dozen listens I cant make up my mind whether I think it's really quite good, or extremely shit. For now I'm remaining ambivalent, and it's really bothering me.

Did anyone else buy this? What do you think of it?

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Re: Aberfeldy - Young Forever

I tend to stand by pitchfork. Its nearly always been right in my opinion.

SuperSheep | 5 Sep '04, 21:01 | X
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  The criticisms in that review are totally valid, but part of me wants to like them despite all that. In terms of criticisms, you could add that (even if there is an element of humour there) the cheesy moments just take their affected cuteness too far.
  
  Having said that, I still find something endearing about the album. And that's clearly what they're being marketed as: why else would they push the one microphone thing in the press release?...
  
  ImageChange @SuperSheep | 5 Sep '04, 21:11 | X
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Not bought it yet, but it's on my hitlist. I have the Vegetarian Resteraunt single on 7" and love everything I've heard by them so far. Am very intrigued now after reading this thread, will have to buy it asap (tomorrow possibly).

Jared | 5 Sep '04, 22:05 | X
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They sound like Huey Lewis to me.
Just to be clear, this is not good in any way.

John_Brainlove @martin_clearfall | 5 Sep '04, 23:42 | X
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  Worringly I can see exactly what you mean, but I'm not sure whether I like them more or less for that. Like that time when a DiS review said Rilo Kiley sound like Sixpence None the Richer...
  
  ImageChange @John_Brainlove | 8 Sep '04, 21:20 | X
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Yeah, sometimes. But they turned me onto so much stuff. E.g. some wonderful warm, kinda poppy electronica by some people called Ms. John Soda, shoegazing revivalist band Laterna, and loads of other random stuff (DJ Krush etc.)

SuperSheep @Steve_wallace | 6 Sep '04, 17:03 | X
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  Sounds like you might like Fonda 500?
  Give em a try.
  
  John_Brainlove @SuperSheep | 6 Sep '04, 17:08 | X
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    You're dead right. I love Fonda 500!
    
    "I'm the drummer and I'm going to sing my song! / He's the drummer and he's going to sing his song!" <mad guitar thrashing and fat man bashing a child's keyboard>
    
    Brill.
    
    SuperSheep @John_Brainlove | 7 Sep '04, 01:13 | X

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