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- Date Released: October 7, 2008
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Matador
Punk's leading light tilts even further towards pop
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We Say...
Jay Reatard, for the better part of this decade, has shown all the signs of hiding a Big Pop Heart underneath his furious punk façade. After parting ways with his trash-punk group the Reatards, he released a steady stream of increasingly melodic singles, culminating in the breakout full-length Blood Visions — a bright burst that splits itself evenly between loud n' raucous and quick n' bouncy. After the slow build of adulation surrounding Visions, Reatard (real name: Jay Lindsey) has relied even more on the chiming, anthemic guitar-pop he's hinted at over the last few years.
Leading up to the collection of 7"s he recorded for Matador, compiled on Singles '08, Lindsey repeatedly declared his infatuation with likeminded quirky pop songwriters like Devo and the stable from New Zealand's Flying Nun label. It's clear he's absorbed a lot of (the best) tendencies from this motley crew — check the squiggly new-wave keyboard line on "You Mean Nothing to Me," the chug-a-chug acoustic layers on "Painted Shut" and the ragged, almost-droning Clean-esque lead guitar riff on "See/Saw." The first half of Singles is the most consistently inventive and thrilling set of songs Lindsey has ever laid down: perfect, compressed guitar-pop with verses almost as hooky as the choruses. It's hard to imagine the punk/pop synthesis can be mastered any more fluidly.
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See Saw |
3:01 |
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| 02. | |
Screaming Hand |
2:01 |
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| 03. | |
Painted Shut |
1:48 |
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| 04. | |
An Ugly Death |
3:42 |
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| 05. | |
Always Wanting More |
2:10 |
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| 06. | |
You Mean Nothing To Me |
2:05 |
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| 07. | |
Fluorescent Grey |
4:40 |
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| 08. | |
Trapped Here |
2:53 |
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| 09. | |
Hiding Hole |
1:33 |
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| 10. | |
D.O.A. |
1:09 |
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| 11. | |
No Time |
2:26 |
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| 12. | |
You Were Sleeping |
2:32 |
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| 13. | |
I’m Watching You |
3:39 |
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13 Total Tracks, 33:39 Total Length
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