Search - Dylan in the Movies :: Feel the Pull

Beautiful. original. soulful.

Swimmer | San Francisco | 10/13/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This band is probably one of the best kept secrets in indie rock/pop. It stands with some of the best music out there. August Moon is my favorite, with a dreamy soundscape and haunting lyrics "this is the fog that blurs the light between you and me/this is the moon of an august night falls into the sea...drive to the ocean..." A friend had a pre-release copy of this cd and gave it to me on a whim. She saw the band in Boston and said they were amazing. I only wish this wasn't an EP but a full-length album. I want to hear more!

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Feel the Pull will pull you in

Brooklyvin | Brooklyn, NY | 01/10/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There's something magical and pure about Dylan In The Movie's music. When I first heard August Moon it immediately struck me in a way few songs can. It's uplifting and tragic. Hopeful yet knowing. I felt like I'd happened upon greatness.

I was thrilled and surprised to find the others songs on Feel the Pull live up to the promise of August Moon. So many bands these days lure me in with a great pop song or one or two quality tracks and then leave me cold. This EP is quality all the way through. Better Days is an anthem of deep grief with the refrain "I will stand in for you" bringing that stark understanding of what it is to be left on earth after a loved one dies. The use of violin in My Only Sweet adds a big, orchestral element to the song. For some reason the last track is untitled, perhaps meaning that it was an afterthought but it doesn't sound like it. It calls to mind Simon & Garfunkel and 70's pop tinged with a childhood suburban eeriness and nostalgic melancholy many of us can relate to. Momentary Breakdown is the archetypical pop song and it works. The lyric "she won't call me up on the pay phone" gives it an east village street vibe and is quaint given our cell phone obsessed society. To me, the line is indicative of the music overall: emotionally real and if not exactly back-to-basics musically, then honest and lasting.

It seems to me these songs are inspired by some other world. Lead vocals by Brian Sullivan are deep and alluring and on two tracks create perfection when coupled with Tanya Donelly's (of Throwing Muses and Breeders) girlish soprano.

It's encouraging to know there's brilliant, real, AND professionally polished music to be had out there - although not exactly commercially. Dylan in the Movies reach for greatness and on many counts achieved it.

While this is 'indie' music, it's not flavor of the week, poser empty like so many esoteric bands out there. Not to say Dylan In The Movies isn't interesting and complex musically. It's just that they don't forget what music is essentially about: the emotions of the listener.



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Sleeper indie candy

Jody Freel | Portland, ME | 03/21/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Dylan in the Movies goes hidden among the likes of Deathcab for Cutie and the like but shouldn't. What I love about this band is that I came to them pure, hype free, and didn't need it to grow on me. I loved so many songs right from the start. August Moon is a stunner, and it only gets better from there...

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