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GoodBooks: Turn It Back
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Previously, based on live showings, talk of Sevenoaks' GoodBooks as 'electro' seemed somewhat misleading: sure, JP (the one with the sunglasses welded to his face) played a bank of keyboards and rhythm machines and such, but there didn't seem anything the slightest bit aggressive, or really sexy, or avant-anything about their sound.
This single justifies the tag a little more, sounding similar to a more lounge-y take on Jeremy Warmsley's earlier, more programmed material, and also slightly like Athlete. But in a fairly good way - not that there's really all that much bad about Athlete, it's just that there's not all that much good, either. GoodBooks, on the other hand, are a bit good. Shall I make a pun on their name? No.
I like to think of them as the current indie scene's answer to Fleetwood Mac. Not that they're all doing each other, at least not to my knowledge, but in their unashamedly soft pop sound, thankfully unmarred by any slavish imitation of elders and betters. That is to say, just because they're not all up in yo' grill, it doesn't make them any less interesting.
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this review
seems really schizophrenic and i've no idea whether or not you come out liking the track as your score seems to conflict with what you've actually said.
i don't like this review, but i love this song.
8.5/10 from me.
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What a strange review
Really like them at the Carling Tent but didn't really notice any Athlete traits at any point. (Thank fuck)
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huh?
i say that i hadnt really seen why people described them as electro, then say that this song is more like that, that its pretty good and that i like that they make straight pop music, and thus give it a 6/10, ie a bit good.
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In addition
...he is right that this sounds a bit like Athlete.
I can't remember in what way. I just remember thinking the same thing myself when I first heard it... -
athlete
quoting the NME practically word for word much...?
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i havent read the nme in a few months
what did they say?
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Kinda boring modern pop w/electro slathered on
I love that guitar intro, and the same on the outro, but I swear to god it sounds like it was spliced in from another song; like the producer pimped out a boring pop song for a new episode of "Turning Shit to Gold!" (fall '06 on VH1).
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i like this band
don't see the athlete thing particularly, going to see them live in october woooo, so i'll see then.. if they do sound like athlete goes without saying i may have to walk a little closer to the door...
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