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Soundpool
On High
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. on high
2. millions&billions&trillions
3. mr. disreverse
4. walking on air
5. be
6. span the universe
7. eurostar
8. ratsorue
9. moonglow
10. polyphony
11. r.g.l.
12. all of eternity
13. my ethereal daydream
14. choir
15. hear me
16. sunburst*
17. the divides of march*

CD Details

All Artists: Soundpool
Title: On High
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Quince Records (Japan)
Original Release Date: 1/23/2007
Release Date: 1/23/2007
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Dance Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 4941135390597

Synopsis

Product Description

The music of Quince/Aloft recording artists Soundpool is somewhere between Stereolab, My Bloody Valentine, Ladytron, Broadcast, Slowdive and Yo La Tengo. Setting out to blur the lines between alternative/indie/rock and dance/electronica, Soundpool is redefining the shoegaze, dream pop and space rock genres which have been steadily on the rise in the left side of the music spectrum for the last few years. The band's savvy classic songwriting sensibilities combined with their powerful, tight wall of sound live performance and mesmerizing visuals has earned them a loyal and growing fan base, making them a favorite among club goers in NYC's live music scene. The Quince release features a Japanese redesign of the album's original artwork and two bonus tracks.

CD Reviews

My new favorite band. This week.

Nobody | 08/05/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I missed this until now, but I'll make up for it by saying mostly nice things about this NYC band. Start off with "Span" and you will very quickly classify this as boy-girl Lush clone band, and a pretty good one too. Start with "Walking", and you're listening to someone who was influenced by MBV, but later was heavy into the Dandy Warhols. Okay, they're derivative, which is fine if the music stands up, and in general it does. There are plenty of Lush touches, maybe the band is paying homage a bit, but that's fine with me. Really, these guys do Lush (gulp) better than Lush did in terms of overall musical quality, there are no complete misses on this long CD.

The keys to this light shoe/dreampop are; melodies (A-), lots of swirling guitars and a pulsing keyboard back (A), ethereal vocals mixed in so deep you can't hear a freaking word (A), and a consistent extended beat for trance dancing well past midnight (A+, very few stops and starts). There are the odd spots (like Lush) where the passages don't quite connect right, particularly on "Polyphony", but that's a relatively minor gripe. The entire CD, aside from the needless short connecting tracks, went straight to my playlists when ripped, that's rare. So, give them a fiver.

Like a couple of other shoe revival bands recently, this group makes no secret of their intent or influences, one of the songs here is "My Ethereal Daydream", and the new CD has a song with "Lush" in the title. As a long term shoe fan, it's great to see the genre being explored again, it lapsed too soon for my taste. This is most welcome, I love it without reservation."