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- Date Released: January 1, 2004
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: North Street Records / The Orchard
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We Say...
Though they employ the same rigid guitars as bands like Interpol and the Chameleons, New York's Dirty on Purpose have a slightly sunnier disposition. Sleep Late for a Better Tomorrow recalls the halcyon days of indiepop, with the kind of charming melodies on which Sarah Records built a tiny, bashful empire. They don't over-sing or oversell, letting the big choruses come as natural conclusions rather than as forced exuberance. "Mind Blindness" moves slowly from crackling white noise through murmuring verse to joyous finale, recalling fellow New Yorkers My Favorite. By contrast, "Spider Eyes" attacks without warning with angry swipes of guitar and charging percussion. Sleep Late is a promising opening for a band savvy enough to mine the past and too smart to merely ape it.
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They Say...
Despite the band name, New York quintet Dirty on Purpose plays a notably clean-toned take on the kind of hypnotic dream pop perfected by the likes of Yo La Tengo, lacking that band's fondness for feedback and distortion. Nonetheless, the combination of charmingly artless male and female voices will be familiar to YLT fans, as will the unhurried motorik-style rhythms and droning guitar lines of songs like the pulsating opener, "All New Friends." "Mind Blindness" adds the reverb-soaked sonics of the U.K. shoegazer bands, and the hushed, cello-enhanced acoustic tune "Cheat Death" brings in the requisite Nick Drake influence. So there's very little that's new about Sleep Late for a Better Tomorrow, but Dirty on Purpose does their influences proud on this pleasant, low-key debut.
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| 01. |  |
All New Friends |
3:16 |
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| 02. | |
Mind Blindness |
3:41 |
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| 03. | |
Cheat Death |
6:01 |
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| 04. | |
Girls & Sunshine |
3:13 |
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| 05. | |
Spider Eyes |
3:43 |
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05 Total Tracks, 19:54 Total Length
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Credits
- George Wilson - Group Member // Jim Moon - Management // Steve Fallone - Mastering // Christopher Spanninga - Engineer // Gregory Wilson - Cover Photo // Rod Sherwood - Producer // Rod Sherwood - Engineer // Rod Sherwood - Mixing // Dirty on Purpose - Main Performer // Au Revoir Simone - Vocals (Background) // D.J. Boudreau - Group Member // Erika Forster - Group Member // Joseph Jurewicz - Group Member // Doug Marvin - Group Member
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