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- Date Released: May 17, 2007
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Pop
- Label: Cooking Vinyl USA / IODA
One of the coolest bands to come from a culture whose popular music barely registers on the radar of U.S. music fans.
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We Say...
In the 2007 Israeli movie The Bubble a young Jewish hipster toils in a Tel Aviv record store where he spins an impeccable list of indie bands, most of whom hail from the U.K. or U.S. That caused my Israeli friend, who accompanied me to the movie, to pitch a hissy. “It’s typical of our Israeli self-hatred,” he groused. “Everything has to come from some other culture to be considered worthy.” If only the character in The Bubble spun less Bright Eyes and more Rockfour.
For the benighted: Rockfour has long been one of the coolest bands to come from a culture whose popular music barely registers on the radar of U.S. music fans, with the possible exception of the late Ofra Haza. By contrast, Rockfour really, well, rocks — and in a pleasingly askew way.
The band's fifth album, Memories of the Never Happened, blends a ten-gallon smoothie of every late ‘60s, psychedelic rock ingredient you could imagine, from It’s a Beautiful Day to Moby Grape to Tranquility. (Ten points for anyone who remembers them.) Rockfour’s earlier albums flew a bit closer to the Byrds and so were more accessible for the newbie. This time they hit on the happy blur of albums like Pink Floyd’s classic 1967 debut Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The vocals of Baruch Ben-Yitzhah cascade through a true swirl of music. It’s trippy stuff, but it never lapses into pretension or losses its toe-hold on tunesmanship. If that’s not enough to give Israel a healthy blip on rock's radar screen, what is? -
They Say...
Rockfour continue to offer quality psychedelically colored guitar pop-rock on Memories of the Never Happened, though it's not of the sort that outdistances either what they've done before or what the best such twenty-first century bands have achieved in the style. They're adept at muscular rock that jams in a bunch of unconventional chord and tempo changes, as well as overlays of Mellotron and wiggly late-'60s Pretty Things-type distorted guitars. More appealing, however, are the less busy and more reflective tracks, which attain the fragile, stately air of the folkier items by psychedelic/early progressive bands like Pink Floyd (an audible reference, though not a dictatorial one). They're also capable of more somber tunes than most such bands muster, like "Old Village House," though generally more energetic tunes with ringing guitars rule the day. But the opening instrumental, an almost orchestral wash of soaring guitars titled "Glued," does seem rather unnecessary.
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| 01. |  |
Glued |
2:31 |
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| 02. | |
Half & Half |
4:41 |
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| 03. | |
Because of Damaging Words |
4:11 |
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| 04. | |
No Worries |
3:28 |
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| 05. | |
Old Village House |
6:48 |
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| 06. | |
Dear Truth |
6:12 |
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| 07. | |
Goes Around |
4:21 |
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| 08. | |
It Ain't Easy - When You're Gone |
3:48 |
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| 09. | |
Young Believer |
5:25 |
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| 10. | |
Corridors |
6:49 |
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| 11. | |
Lady Jette |
5:32 |
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11 Total Tracks, 53:46 Total Length
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Credits
- Eli Hayon - Executive Producer // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Guitar // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Harmonica // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Percussion // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Piano // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Drums // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Keyboards // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Vocals // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Vocals (Background) // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Producer // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Engineer // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Cover Art // Baruch Ben Itzhak - Group Member // Marc Lazare - Bass // Marc Lazare - Guitar // Marc Lazare - Percussion // Marc Lazare - Piano // Marc Lazare - Glockenspiel // Marc Lazare - Keyboards // Marc Lazare - Vocals // Marc Lazare - Vocals (Background) // Marc Lazare - Guitarron // Marc Lazare - Producer // Marc Lazare - Engineer // Marc Lazare - Stylophone // Marc Lazare - Cover Art // Marc Lazare - Group Member // Issar Tennenbaum - Percussion // Issar Tennenbaum - Drums // Issar Tennenbaum - Vocals (Background) // Issar Tennenbaum - Vibraphone // Issar Tennenbaum - Group Member // Mike Kamoo - Guitar (Rhythm) // Mike Kamoo - Engineer // Mike Kamoo - Guest Appearance // Anat Damon - Management // Yair Yona - Executive Producer // Alona Weiss - Graphic Design // Hillel Wachs - Management // Ran Shem Tov - Mixing // Chris Berens - Percussion // Chris Berens - Producer // Chris Berens - Vibraphone // Chris Berens - Sleigh Bells // Chris Berens - Guest Appearance // Udi Kumeran - Mastering // Andrew Chojnacki - Guitar // Andrew Chojnacki - Soloist // Andrew Chojnacki - Guest Appearance // Ram Czudnowski - Mixing // Noa Hegesh - Piano // Noa Hegesh - Organ (Hammond) // Noa Hegesh - Mellotron // Noa Hegesh - Wurlitzer // Noa Hegesh - Guest Appearance // Shaul Eshet - Keyboards // Shaul Eshet - Guest Appearance // Shachar Fleischmann - Photo Illustration // Yaki Gani - Piano // Yaki Gani - Keyboards // Yaki Gani - Organ (Hammond) // Yaki Gani - Mellotron // Yaki Gani - Mixing // Yaki Gani - Wurlitzer
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