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- Date Released: June 27, 2006
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Slender Means Society / IODA
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The indie rock world was so fragmented by 2006 that it's hard to say that any effort in the field might have had a hard time finding a place to comfortably occupy in that niche. If there is such a thing, though, Parenthetical Girls' Safe as Houses could be it. On one level, the group are obviously pop songwriters, offering tender, reasonably tuneful, reflective (if eccentric) compositions, and using lo-fi orchestral production of sorts. On another, they're experimentalists, using so many different layers of electronics that they sometimes distract from the songs themselves. The wide-eyed childlike touches crisscross with obviously sexual metaphors, and the high-pitched vocals tremble with a feyness that makes Marc Bolan seem like Howlin' Wolf. The ambition is admirable, but there's so much going on that (inadvertently or not) seems a little at odds with each other that it's a little like trying to listen to two discs at once. "Oh Daughter/Disaster" is about the most accessible of the tracks, as the underlying hymnal grace of the melody is complemented by the various grandly droning textures in a fairly uncluttered fashion. Indie pop fans might wish to hear this material in a more naked state that might make the distant echoes of pop auteurs like Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, and Marc Bolan easier to appreciate; experimentalists might find the material too wimpily pop-oriented to command their attention.
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| 01. |  |
Love Connection, Pt II |
5:16 |
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| 02. | |
I Was the Dancer |
4:42 |
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| 03. | |
Oh Daughter/Disaster |
4:01 |
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| 04. | |
One Father, Another |
3:16 |
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| 05. | |
The Weight She Fell Under |
3:09 |
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| 06. | |
Survived By Her Mother |
3:34 |
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| 07. | |
Keyholes and Curtains |
4:01 |
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| 08. | |
Forward to Forget |
2:45 |
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| 09. | |
The Four Platitudes (A Bridge Song) |
3:16 |
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| 10. | |
Stolen Children |
4:10 |
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10 Total Tracks, 38:10 Total Length
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