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- Date Released: July 21, 2009
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Park the Van / The Orchard
Bright and brilliant pop act earns New Orleans its indie rock stripes
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We Say...
As rich as New Orleans' musical legacy is, NoLa's indie rock rep doesn't reach much further than Belong's dollops of distortion and the demented puppet shows of Quintron & Miss Pussycat. That's about to change with Generationals. At least it should: the duo's soda shop pop should work its way into the playlists of people who sorely miss the golden-oldies era of American Bandstand as well as all things Phil Spector.
Daniel Black of the Oranges Band is to be thanked for the Spector part. While Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer are the group's creative core, Black produced their hooky songs with the same attention to detail that's made the Daptone Records roster such a bona fide source of retro soul sides. The main difference is the vast breadth of Generationals' reference points, extending all the way from those harmony-driven '50s discs to the junk shop synths and studio trickery of old Of Montreal albums (The vocoder effects and shuffleboard beats of "Bobby Beale" sound like they were beamed straight from Kevin Barnes' brain).
To the delight of anyone into filler-free pop albums, Con Law obliterates the idea that New Orleans natives should sit back and mourn the city's losses. Helllll no, Generationals seem to say; we're gonna toss back some Sazeracs and remind everyone how the Big Easy got its name.
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| 01. |  |
Nobody Could Change Your Mind |
3:45 |
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| 02. | |
Angry Charlie |
3:40 |
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| 03. | |
Faces In The Dark |
3:46 |
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| 04. | |
When They Fight, They Fight |
3:20 |
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| 05. | |
Our Time 2 Shine |
3:38 |
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| 06. | |
Wildlife Sculpture |
2:49 |
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| 07. | |
Bobby Beale |
3:19 |
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| 08. | |
Exterior Street Day |
4:00 |
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| 09. | |
It Keeps You Up |
2:56 |
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| 10. | |
These Habits |
2:44 |
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10 Total Tracks, 33:57 Total Length
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