Two guys sit in a bar, beers in hand, discussing their next musical move:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got it, I know what we need to do. This whole dream pop\/shoegaze movement is huge right now, but it needs a twist to make it fresh. So what we\u2019ll do is play songs with fuzzy, distorted guitars, but instead of mimicking My Bloody Valentine, we\u2019ll sound like Del Shannon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDel Shannon? The guy who wrote \u201cRunaway\u201d? Combined with 1980s shoegaze? That sounds incredibly lame.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, no it\u2019s not lame, it can be done. I\u2019ve been listening to this Vancouver band called Shimmering Stars \u2014 it has this new album called Violent Hearts \u2014 and it takes these Phil Spector sounds and turns them into low-fi classics.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing new about that, there\u2019s tons of bands doing that now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, name one?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBest Coast, Dum Dum Girls, Seapony, The Black Tambourines. Hell, the Raveonettes have being doing that for a decade now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot like this. Listen here, you\u2019ll see this is different.\u201d<\/p>\n
[Plays \u201cI’m Gonna Try\u201d on his iPod]<\/p>\n
\u201cSee what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I don\u2019t see what you mean. It\u2019s two minutes of 1950s pop music I\u2019ve heard a thousand times before. Did I hear the lyric \u2018because I know that love is the only thing that\u2019s going to save me\u2019? That lyric sucked in 1956.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOK, you don\u2019t quite get my point. Here, try this one\u201d<\/p>\n
[Plays \u201cInto the Sea\u201d]<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd? Look, I appreciate the band\u2019s love for the Everly Brothers, as this song clearly proves. But why wouldn\u2019t I just put on an Everly Brothers\u2019 record instead? And besides, with the echo employed here, it sounds like the band recorded it in an empty bus station bathroom. Shimmering Stars? More like Grungy White Tiles. Is there any song that at least tries to be somewhat original?\u201d<\/p>\n
[Plays \u201cEast Van Girls\u201d and \u201cDancing to Music I Hate”]<\/p>\n
\u201cIs this one song, or two? Cause I can\u2019t tell the difference. At least the lyrics to the second song, if this is indeed two songs, is somewhat clever. I guess I\u2019m not understanding what is so distinct about this collection of songs \u2014 to me it\u2019s 14 golden oldies played through a hollow tin can. Sounds perfect for American Bandstand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAmerican Bandstand? What\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI rest my case. I think I need another beer \u2014 and musical partner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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