Aim Right for the Holes in Their Lives

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 44:37

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jhogg is a sucka!

hamfisted

Mod pop reigns supreme!

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Download "Let's Pull Over Here", skip the rest

jhogg

I was drawn to this album by hearing the lovely slice of film music "Let's Pull Over Here" on Pandora.com. Unfortunately, the rest of Aim Right For The Holes in Their Lives sounds like a completely different band, perhaps the winner of the local high school talent contest. The lady who did the beautiful vocals on "Pull Over" is nowhere to be found, the horn section is relegated to occasional melodic accompaniment, and run-of-the-mill emo indie with preachy lyrics reigns supreme. That will teach me to make more use of the preview clips on eMusic.

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Novillero frontman Rod Slaughter moves past the mod minimalism of his previous band Duotang with Aim Right for the Holes in Their Lives. Embracing power pop harmonies, sunshine pop horn arrangements, and Krautrock-inspired synths, this near-perfect debut is most firmly aligned with fellow Vancouver pop dynamos and Mint labelmates the New Pornographers, sharing their knack for whip-smart melodies and ingratiating choruses. Aim Right for the Holes in Their Lives is a classicist pop record in every sense, recalling the halcyon days of AM radio — virtually every song sounds like a forgotten hit from 1975, extolling virtues like buoyancy and grandeur as though they never went out of style. – Jason Ankeny

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