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- Date Released: September 22, 1992
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: One Little Indian Records / Second Wind
Real girl-pop smarts under a shiny happy surface
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We Say...
Wendy Robinson and Polly Hancock face down their utterly normal, hardly insurmountable, nonetheless confounding relationship problems with a matter-of-factness that eschews the standby pop techniques (righteous anger, romantic evasions) that so many young, middle-class white women adopt. They kick themselves for saying the wrong thing ("Monster Mouth"), giggle guiltily as a cute boy talks them into dumping his friend ("Too Jung"), and, on "Nothing," view a happy marriage through a lens of chirpy nihilism ("And in the end they all die"). There's an incipient dreaminess to their guitar chime and synth waft, but the punchy rhythm section keeps their tunes on course.
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They Say...
The group performs frenetic power-pop in the New Wave tradition of the early-80s. Female vocals reminiscent of a chirpier Natalie Merchant, jangly guitars, bubbly harmonies, and innocent lyrics with an occasionally clever edge (Too Jung) make Mono Valley a pleasant place to drop in for a strawberry sundae. For special desert toppings, try the delicious, acoustic "The Moon Looks Nice From Here" and the impossibly effervescent "Vote Elvis."
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Monter Mouth |
2:38 |
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| 02. | |
Too Jung |
3:22 |
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| 03. | |
The Moon Looks Nice From Here |
2:57 |
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| 04. | |
Nothing |
2:49 |
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| 05. | |
We Love You |
3:41 |
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| 06. | |
Sun |
3:26 |
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| 07. | |
It Doesn't Matter |
3:25 |
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| 08. | |
Snowblind |
3:12 |
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| 09. | |
Getting Better |
3:13 |
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| 10. | |
See-Saw |
1:59 |
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10 Total Tracks, 30:42 Total Length
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Credits
- Popinjays - Main Performer // Ian Broudie - Producer // Cenzo Townshend - Engineer // Lewis Mulatero - Photography // Me Company - Design // Jessica Corcoran - Producer // Jessica Corcoran - Engineer // Satan O'Sullivan - Vocals
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